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Bibliographic compilation on lying, overconfidence, and controversial quotes

The document is a collection of academic citations and a few sensationalist quotes without any specific names, dates, transactions, or actionable allegations linking powerful actors to misconduct. It Lists scholarly works on deception, overconfidence, and related neuropsychology. Includes quoted statements attributing extremist or false claims to public figures (e.g., Ahmadineja No specific finan

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November 11, 2025
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House Oversight
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The document is a collection of academic citations and a few sensationalist quotes without any specific names, dates, transactions, or actionable allegations linking powerful actors to misconduct. It Lists scholarly works on deception, overconfidence, and related neuropsychology. Includes quoted statements attributing extremist or false claims to public figures (e.g., Ahmadineja No specific finan

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definition of "lie": an examination of the folk models underlying a semantic prototype. In D. Hollard & N. Quinn (Eds.), Cultural Models in Language and Thought. New York: Cambridge University Press; Talwar, V., & Lee, K. (2002). Development of lying to conceal a transgression: children's control of expressive behaviour during verbal deception. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 26, 436-444; Verschuere, B, Spruyt, A, Meijer, E.H., & Otgaar, H. (2011). The ease of lying. Consciousness and Cognition, xxx, yyy-zzz. dol: doi:10.1016/j.concog.2010.10.023; * I’m God!: Bhavsar, V., & Bhugra, D. (2008). Religious delusions: finding meanings in psychosis Psychopathology, 41(3), 165-172; Fast, N. J., Gruenfeld, D. H., Sivanathan, N., & Galinsky, A. D. (2009). Illusory control: a generative force behind power's far-reaching effects. Psychological Science, 20(4), 502-508; Dhami, M. K., Mandel, D. R., Loewenstein, G., & Ayton, P. (2006). Prisoners’ positive illusions of their post-release success. Law and Human Behavior, 30(6), 631-647; Fast, N. J., Gruenfeld, D. H., Sivanathan, N., & Galinsky, A. D. (2009). Illusory control: a generative force behind power's far-reaching effects Psychological Science, 20(4), 502-508; Johnson, D. D. P., & Fowler, J. H. (2011). The evolution of overconfidence. Nature, 477(7364), 317-320; Johnson, D. D. P., Weidmann, N. B., & Cederman, L.-E. (2011). Fortune favours the bold: An agent-based model reveals adaptive advantages of overconfidence in war. PLoS ONE, 6(6), e20851, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020851.¢004; Lou, H. C., Skewes, J. C., Thomsen, K. R., Overgaard, M., Lau, H. C., Mouridsen, K., & Roepstorff, A. (2011). Dopaminergic stimulation enhances confidence and accuracy in seeing rapidly presented words Journal of Vision, 11(2), 1-6. doi:10.1167/11.2.15; McDermott, R., Tingley, D., Cowden, J., Frazzetto, G., & Johnson, D. D. P. (2009). Monoamine oxidase A gene (MAOA) predicts behavioral aggression following provocation Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(7), 2118-2123; Moore, D. A., & Healy, P. J. (2008). The trouble with overconfidence Psychological Review, 115(2), 502-517; Robbins, R. W., & Beer, J. S. (2004). Positive illusions about the self: short-term benefits and long-term costs. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80(2), 340-352; Seeman, P. (2007). Dopamine and schizophrenia. Scholarpedia, 2(10), 3634. doi:10.4249/scholarpedia.3634; Siddle, R., Haddock, G., Tarrier, N., & Faragher, E. B. (2002). Religious delusions in patients admitted to hospital with schizophrenia. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 37(3), 130-138; Wrangham, R.W. (1999). Is military incompetence adaptive? Evolution and Human Behavior, 20, 3-17; Zhu, F., Yan, C.-X., Wang, Q., Zhu, Y.-S., Zhao, Y., Huang, J., Zhang, H.-B., Gao, C.-G., & Li, S.-B. (2011). An association study between dopamine D1 receptor gene polymorphisms and the risk of schizophrenia. Brain research, doi:10.1016/j.brainres.2011.08.069 Quotes * Racist, white male superiority: published in Gould, S.J. (1980). "Women's Brains" in The Panda's Thumb, New York, W.W. Norton. Pages 152-159. * Holocaust denier, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp- dyn/content/article/2005/12/14/AR2005 121402403 html * Hilary Clinton as congenital liar: W. Saffire, 1996, Blizzard of lies, New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/1996/01/08/opinion/essay-blizzard-of-lies.html * The adaptive logic of self-deception: Trivers, R. The Folly of Fools: The Logic of Deceit and Self- Deception in Human Life, New York, Viking/Penguin Press. * Clinical liars: Dike et al. (2005). Pathological lying revisited. Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and Law, 33 pp. 342-349; quote on p. 342 Hauser Chapter 3. Ravages of denial 118

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