Lying and ADHD - All Falsehoods Are Not Lies
May 29, 2025
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Family, friends, and clinicians working with those with ADHD often remark on both the greater truthfulness AND the greater propensity for telling falsehoods by those with ADHD. Thinking about falsehoods, reflexive (automatic) lies, and reflective (premeditated) lies can help sort out some of this confusion. I promise!
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References:
Distinct brain structure and behavior related to ADHD and conduct disorder traits (2020)
The Association Between ADHD and Antisocial Personality Disorder (ASPD): A Review (2013)
Do parkinsonian patients have trouble telling lies? The neurobiological basis of deceptive behaviour (2009)
The Truth about Lying: Inhibition of the Anterior Prefrontal Cortex Improves Deceptive Behavior (2010)
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