People more likely to lie when texting, according to UBC research

It's so much easier to be deceitful when you don't have to actually look into somebody's eyes, right. That's what a study conducted by the University of British Columbia figured out. Here's how it was done: 170 students were brought in to perform mock stock transactions using one of four methods - face-to-face, text, video or audio. Brokers were promised higher monetary compensation for more stock sales, while buyers were told their reward would all depend on the value of the stock.

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