The Social Iowa Gambling Task: A Promising Tool for Assessing Deception Detection in Real-world Contexts in Adulthood

Study findings indicate that adaptive social decision-making can predict abilities to detect deception perpetrated through lying and AI-based deepfakes. Results suggest that the ability to adapt under conflicting social cues appears central to resisting lies. As a brief, standardized, and scalable laboratory measure, the sIGT shows promise for identifying individual vulnerability to deception and guiding tailored intervention strategies.

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The Journals of Gerontology Series B
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2026-03-21
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https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbag046
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Deception detection and forensic psychology
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Study findings indicate that adaptive social decision-making can predict abilities to detect deception perpetrated through lying and AI-based deepfakes. Results suggest that the ability to adapt under conflicting social cues appears central to resisting lies. As a brief, standardized, and scalable laboratory measure, the sIGT shows promise for identifying individual vulnerability to deception and guiding tailored intervention strategies.

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