Oculomotor behavior tracks the effect of ideological priming on deception
The decision to lie to another person involves a conflict between one’s own and others’ interest. Political ideology may foster self-promoting or self-transcending values and thus may balance or fuel self vs. other related conflicts. Here, we explored in politically non-aligned participants whether oculomotor behavior may index the influence on moral decision-making of prime stimuli related to left and rightwing ideologies. We presented pictures of Italian politicians and ideological words in a paradigm where participants could lie to opponents with high vs.