Table 2.

Descriptives of the dependent variables according to the veracity condition.

	M (SD) [95% CI]
	Truth tellers	Embedders	Outright lie tellers
Complications	8.31 (5.58) [6.16, 10.45]	6.50 (3.90) [5.00, 8.00]	5.00 (4.02) [3.45, 6.55]
Common knowledge details	10.46 (4.94) [8.56, 12.36]	8.58 (5.15) [6.60, 10.56]	10.12 (7.66) [7.17, 13.06]
Self-handicapping strategies	0.27 (0.83) [−0.05, 0.59]	0.12 (0.43) [−0.05, 0.28]	0.23 (0.86) [−0.10, 0.56]
Complications ratio	0.43 (0.17) [0.36, 0.50]	0.43 (0.15) [0.37, 0.49]	0.33 (0.23) [0.24, 0.42]