How Lying Affects Linguistic Expression

Have you ever been lied to? The answer to that question is, of course, yes. You have likely even accepted lying as a fact of daily life. Lies come in all sizes and varieties, and for many people, social norms enforce simple lies in everyday conversation (How often are you actually doing well when you respond to your coworker’s “how are you?”). Given how pervasive lying is, one would expect it to be a relatively simple phenomenon, yet lying is actually a cognitively demanding task that arises from millions of years of brain evolution. <a href="https://medium.com/@carter.mueller/how-lying-affects-linguistic-expression-d42d33502e3b">Website</a>