Different neural correlates of deception: Crafting high and low creative scams.

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  • Author(s): Qiao X;Qiao X; Zhang W; Zhang W; Hao N; Hao N; Hao N
  • Source:
    Neuroscience [Neuroscience] 2024 Oct 18; Vol. 558, pp. 37-49. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Aug 17.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7605074 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1873-7544 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 03064522 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Neuroscience Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: [New York?] : Elsevier Science
      Original Publication: Oxford, Elmsford, N. Y., Pergamon Press
    • Subject Terms:
      Creativity* ; Deception* ; Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared*/methods; Humans ; Male ; Female ; Young Adult ; Adult ; Brain Mapping/methods ; Brain/physiology
    • Abstract:
      Deception is a complex social behavior that manifests in various forms, including scams. To successfully deceive victims, liars have to continually devise novel scams. This ability to create novel scams represents one kind of malevolent creativity, referred to as lying. This study aimed to explore different neural substrates involved in the generation of high and low creative scams. A total of 40 participants were required to design several creative scams, and their cortical activity was recorded by functional near-infrared spectroscopy. The results revealed that the right frontopolar cortex (FPC) was significantly active in scam generation. This region associated with theory of mind may be a key region for creating novel and complex scams. Moreover, creativity-related regions were positively involved in creative scams, while morality-related areas showed negative involvement. This suggests that individuals might attempt to use malevolent creativity while simultaneously minimizing the influence of moral considerations. The right FPC exhibited increased coupling with the right precentral gyrus during the design of high-harmfulness scams, suggesting a diminished control over immoral thoughts in the generation of harmful scams. Additionally, the perception of the victim's emotions (related to right pre-motor cortex) might diminish the quality of highly original scams. Furthermore, an efficient and cohesive neural coupling state appears to be a key factor in generating high-creativity scams. These findings suggest that the right FPC was crucial in scam creation, highlighting a neural basis for balancing malevolent creativity against moral considerations in high-creativity deception.
      Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
      (Copyright © 2024 International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Creativity; Deception; Malevolent creativity; fNIRS
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20240819 Date Completed: 20240907 Latest Revision: 20240907
    • Publication Date:
      20240908
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.neuroscience.2024.08.020
    • Accession Number:
      39159840