Science shows that telling small, white lies actually turns us into bigger liars

Science shows that telling small, white lies actually turns us into bigger liars

The proverbial tangled web that grows from a small deception looks more like a slippery slope to neuroscientists. A study published Oct. 24 in Nature Neuroscience has found that telling small lies makes its easier for people to tell even bigger fibs because the amygdala, the part of the brain that would normally put the…