Psychology Today | 19.05.2026 01:42
For well over a century, clinicians have documented the act of frequent lying with labels like "pseudologia fantastica" and "mythomania." More recently, psychologists are researching the characteristics of those who lie to excess. Psychology program directors and researchers Drew Curtis at Angelo State University and Christian L. Hart, from Texas Woman’s University, define lying as an intentional act to make someone believe something the liar doesn’t believe to be true, which can “become monstrous lies to cover lies, to cover lies.”
