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Article: Investigators at University of Oxford, Department of Experimental Psychology publish new data on life sciences in children.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- December 10, 2008
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New research, 'Tell-tale eyes: children's attribution of gaze aversion as a lying cue,' is the subject of a report. According to recent research from Oxford, the United Kingdom, "This study examined whether the well-documented adult tendency to perceive gaze aversion as a lying cue is also evident in children. In Experiment 1, 6-year-olds, 9-year-olds, and adults were shown video vignettes of speakers who either maintained or avoided eye contact while answering an interviewer's questions."
"Participants evaluated whether the speaker was telling the truth or lying on each trial. The results revealed that at both ages, children were more likely to attribute lying ...