title: Insight into children's prosocial lies: Comment on Warneken and Orlins.
abstract: In their article, Warneken and Orlins () provide insight into children's prosocial lie-telling. Their work adds to a growing body of literature regarding the development of prosocial behaviour and indicates that young children will tell 'white lies' in order to improve the mood of others. This work has important implications for forensic contexts that we note.
authors.affiliation: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2835-9707
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ceci
authors.affiliation: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Kayla A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Burd
authors.affiliation: Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Helm
mesh_terms: D000339:Affect; D002652:Child Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D002657:Child Development; D008192:Deception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D012938:Social Perception
keywords: prosocial lies; suggestibility; white lies