The principle of respect for persons demands that participants enter the research voluntarily and with adequate information. When deceptive methodologies are used, participants are given incomplete or ...

There are times, particularly in behavioral research, when investigators will find it necessary to use deception or incomplete disclosure about the true purpose of the research. Deception and ...

The art of deception, as old as war itself, can garner astonishment when one side’s competence enables it to pull off an audacious plan. Warfighters can exploit the electromagnetic spectrum to deceive ...

Many people find the topic of human deception fascinating. What I like most about deception research is that in the realm of deception, nothing is what it seems. To see what I mean, try taking this ...

You may be familiar with some of psychology’s most famous experiments involving what seem to follow questionable ethics by today's standards. The set of studies on obedience to authority conducted by ...

A philosophy team analyzed the role self-deception plays in everyday life and the strategies people use to deceive themselves. The team described four strategies used to stabilize and shield the ...

Over the past few weeks, the cybersecurity landscape has changed dramatically. Employees working at home mean more exposed attack surface and plenty of unusual user behavior patterns. And newly ...

There’s nothing that will dissuade a person from wanting to re-unite with a long-lost loved one like a Lifetime movie. The network has a knack for putting a sinister twist on pretty much every ...