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pathologic lying
Includes cheating, lying, dishonestly manipulating others (social engineering).
Pathology:
- increased activation of prefrontal cortex occurs when telling lies
Radiology:
- increased volume of white matter
- lower gray matter/white matter ratio
Related
social engineering
General
psychiatric disease; behavioral disorder
chronic mental disorder
References
- Yang Y, Raine A, Lencz T, Bihrle S, Lacasse L, Colletti P.
Prefrontal white matter in pathological liars.
Br J Psychiatry. 2005 Oct;187:320-5.
PMID: 16199789