Practice produces the perfect liar Lying takes a surprising
amount of brainpower to muster so no matter the motive,
practicing the act hones your falsifying skills. Wed, Nov 28
2012 at 5:06 PM The more you practice a lie, the better you get
at it, say the results of a new study. Published Nov. 12 in the
journal Frontiers in Cognitive Science, the study found that,
after 20 minutes of practicing their cover story, liars could
respond just as quickly and easily to lies as to the truth.
Moreover, they were no more likely to slip-up on falsehoods than
on the truth. "After a short time of training, people can be
very efficient at lying," said Xioaqing Hu, a study co-author
and psychology doctoral candidate at Northwestern University.
"The difference between lying and being honest has been
eliminated after the training." Though people lie for myriad
reasons, it's no easy task. Lying takes a lot of brainpower
because it requires holding contradictory information in mind
(the truth and the lie), while inhibiting the