Temporal course of executive control when lying about self- and other-referential information: an ERP study.
Recent neuroimaging studies have been trying to investigate the neural correlates of deception. To explore the temporal course of neural activity underlying deception, we recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) while participants were performing the Differentiation of Deception Paradigm (DDP) task to self- and other-referential information. Results showed that lying was associated with increased N1 (parietal-occipital area), N2 (frontal-central area) and decreased P3 (frontal-central area). Moreover, self-referential information elicited larger P2 and P3 compared with other-referential information. Finally, the interaction between stimulus and response types on N2 and P3 suggested that lying about self-referential information is more difficult than lying about other-referential information. These results revealed a temporal course of neural activity regarding executive function underlying deception, which complemented the current understanding of deception from the spatial dimensions.
Department of Psychology, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua, PR 321004, China.
Xiaoqing
X
Hu
Haiyan
H
Wu
Genyue
G
Fu
D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D001931:Brain Mapping; D008192:Deception; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology*; D056344:Executive Function / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013995:Time; D055815:Young Adult