Table 3.
Emotion, cognitive load, and attempted control as a function of veracity.
| Variables | Lying | Truth-telling | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | |
| Emotion | 2.71 | 0.83 | 1.85 | 0.69 |
| Mental difficulty | 2.48 | 0.87 | 2.00 | 1.00 |
| Thinking hard | 2.48 | 0. 96 | 2.60 | 1.19 |
| Concentration | 3.68 | 0.99 | 3.88 | 0.88 |
| Attempted control | 2.92 | 0.95 | 2.76 | 1.16 |