Developmental psychologists are trying to understand lying through behavior. Neuroscientists are tracking which regions of the brain are activated when we spin lies. Their results could shed light on issues from why a tween lies to your face about breaking a vase to whether young children can be trusted to give eye-witness testimony in court. One intriguing new study suggests that lying may spring from a completely different part of the brain in children compared with adults.

發展心理學家們正在努力通過人們的行為舉止來理解說謊。神經學家們則在探究在我們編造謊話時究竟是大腦的哪個區域被激活。從為什么十幾歲的少年會當著你的面謊稱不曾打碎花瓶，到是否可以采信小孩子在法庭上的證言，他們的研究結果可能會給出一些答案。一個有趣的新研究顯示，和成人相比，孩子們的撒謊行為可能來源于一個完全不同的大腦區域。

What has become clear from studies including the work of Kang Lee, a professor at the University of Toronto and director of the Institute of Child Study, is that lying is a sign of normal maturation.

包括多倫多大學(University of Toronto)教授、兒童問題研究所(Institute of Child Study)負責人李強(Kang Lee)所作的研究在內，眾多研究表明，說謊標志著正常的成熟。