Notice of RetractionLook into the mind or look at the eyes: A comparison of Chinese and westerners´ beliefs of lies

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Questions have often been raised whether there is a universal stereotype of the liar across cultures, and whether people from different cultures use the same cues to detect deception. Inspired by The Global Deception Research Team s worldwide investigation of stereotypes of liars, the present study explores native Chinese beliefs of liars with demographically diversified samples and compares the results with those of TGDRT. In Study 1, researchers investigated Chinese beliefs of liars by asking participants to complete a questionnaire of lying behavior. In Study 2, participants responded to the open-ended question, “How can you tell when people are lying?” The results suggest that there are both similarities and differences between Chinese and the western beliefs about liars and lying behavior. The causalities of the similarities and discrepancies are provided from social developmental and evolutionary psychological perspectives.