A new study suggests that how well you lie as a child is a strong indicator of how successful you’ll be as an adult.
Research conducted by the Institute of Child Study at the University of Toronto indicates the skills needed to tell a convincing lie, such as quick thinking and the ability to use information to your own advantage, demonstrate a highly functioning brain. And the younger children demonstrate these skills, the better developed their brains are.
According to the study, most children fib. As many as 90% of four-year olds bend the truth from time to time. But the real success-indicator is how well a child fibs — and how early the fibbing starts....
