Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When dealing with people, it’s important to tell the difference between an occasional fib and a chronic habit of falsehood.

Most people tell small lies now and then, but pathological liars are different in a big way. Their dishonesty is constant, often automatic, and can deeply affect their relationships and mental health.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everyone lies sometimes, but there’s a difference between the occasional white lie and someone who can’t stop. Pathological liars ...

Have you ever met someone who seems to lie about everything, even when the truth would be easier? Pathological liars can be exhausting to deal with, and their constant dishonesty can damage ...

This article is co-authored with Renée Beach, my research collaborator and an incoming doctoral student in clinical psychology at the University of Alabama. Most People Lie Most people lie. In a given ...

Lying is a tricky thing. We’re all guilty of it, whether we’ve done it for more self-serving purposes or with good intentions. While some lies might be able to be excused as kind-hearted or even ...

Even though the term pathological liar gets bandied about in everyday conversation, the actual phenomenon affects only a minority of people. Pathological lying has been noted as a psychological ...

Teenagers who are pathological liars also tend to struggle with executive function deficits, such as poor memory or impulse control, researchers have found. This means practitioners may be able to ...