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Times of India - Kids start lying at the age of 4

Published: 9 May 2011

According to new book 'Born Liars' by Ian Leslie and published by Quercus, between the ages of two and four, children's lies are usually told to avoid punishment.

Dr Victoria Talwar, assistant professor of child psychology at McGill University in Montreal, has used a well-established experiment, the Peeking Game, to show the slight difference age makes to lying.

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