A WORLD OF LIES.

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This article reports two worldwide studies of stereotypes about liars. These studies are carried out in 75 different countries and 43 different languages. In Study 1, participants respond to the open-ended question "How can you tell when people are lying?" In Study 2, participants complete a questionnaire about lying. These two studies reveal a dominant pan-cultural stereotype: that liars avert gaze. The authors identify other common beliefs and offer a social control interpretation.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Cross Cult Psychol

Title: Journal of cross-cultural psychology

Publisher: SAGE Publications

ISSN: 0022-0221

ISSN (Print): 0022-0221

Publication date (Electronic): Jan 2006

Volume: 37

Issue: 1

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Mid ID: NIHMS239848

DOI: 10.1177/0022022105282295

PMC ID: 2957901

PubMed ID: 20976033

SO-VID: c8c06cec-c55c-48c7-aabc-d3f16816cf65

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