AI now makes it possible to communicate with the dead. But these digital avatars raise significant ethical questions about ...

That was the question on Reesa Teesa’s mind after her husband’s lies unfolded after she said “I Do.” The Georgia woman’s shocking story of deceit captivated millions of viewers on TikTok earlier this ...

Most people are honest most of the time. But some can’t seem to stop lying. How come? The extensive research and writings of Timothy Levine have corroborated that people hold a truth-default position, ...

It is near impossible to live life without lying. Whether it’s the polite “white lies” or calculated deception, we all “lie” somewhere on the spectrum. Pathological lying, however, transcends the ...

Today, there is simply too much known in far too many diverse fields for any person to hold it all in their brain. This means that, no matter how smart one might be, there are times when we have to ...

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Pathological liars tell compulsive lies without a clear motive. This type of lying is different than nonpathological lying, where the lie is often beneficial in some way. Lying is a common feature of ...

AI chatbots of dead relatives could make your grief ‘pathological’, ethicist warns ...

This article is co-authored with Renée Beach, my research collaborator and an incoming doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of Alabama. Most People Lie Most people lie. In a given ...