Too Tired to be Honest: Investigating Mental Fatigue’s Role in Dishonesty through Competing Theoretical Accounts

Poster Session V

Keyword: Decision Making

Abstract: We use an experimental design to examine two competing accounts of the effect of mental fatigue on dishonesty. Our pilot suggests differences in participants' experiences of mental fatigue. For a registered report, we will recreate the mental fatigue manipulation and extend the study design, using the Spot The Difference task.

• Mara Bialas (Presenting Author)
• Maarten Boksem (Author)
• Daniela Becker (Author)
• Wolter Pieters (Author)
• Erik Bijleveld (Author)