Dishonesty is ubiquitous and imposes substantial financial and social burdens on society.
Intuitively, dishonesty results from a failure of willpower to control selfish behavior. However …

Humans have an exceptional ability to cooperate relative to many other species. We review
the neural mechanisms supporting human cooperation, focusing on the prefrontal cortex …

Moral learning and decision-making are crucial throughout our lives, from infancy to old age.
Emerging evidence suggests that there are important differences in learning and decision …

Sporting experience plays a pivotal role in sha** exercise habits, with a mutually
reinforcing relationship that enhances cognitive performance. The acknowledged plasticity …

People tend to lie in varying degrees. To advance our understanding of the underlying
neural mechanisms of this heterogeneity, we investigated individual differences in self …

Highlights•Converging evidence implicates the lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) in moral goal
pursuit.•The computational architecture of LPFC offers insights into how moral goals are …

Corruption is ubiquitous in practice and has severe negative consequences for
organizations and societies at large. Drawing on a laboratory experiment, we propose that …

Being truthful in financial decision-making often implies giving up higher monetary rewards
associated with acting dishonestly. Is this trade-off affected by acute stress? We ran an …

In this study, we use earnings management to examine (1) how investors regard a CEO's
commitment to honesty and (2) the impact of their perceptions, in light of their own moral …

The surge of online scams is taking a considerable financial and emotional toll. This is
partially because humans are poor at detecting lies. In a series of three online experiments …