Pathological lying revisited.

Commentary: getting at the truth about pathological lying.

Lying is common, and in its many aspects forms a normal part of social interchange. In this issue, Dike et al. review the literature on what has been referred to as pathological lying, highlighting the lack of information available about this phenomenon. In this commentary on Dike et al., it is noted that if pathological lying exists, it is not the lie, but the liar that is abnormal, with the a...

Pathological Lying

Pseudologia fantastica à deux: review and case study.

While lying is a diachronic integral part of human interaction, pseudologia fantastica represents probably its psychopathological dimension. There are relatively few reported cases on psychological mechanisms of pathological lying and also on criteria concerning psychopathological development on a ground of lying. A review of literature on possible psychological mechanisms of pseudologia fantas...

The necessity of a structured framework for considering pathological lying in the forensic context

Materials and methods Our bibliographic review of recent case reports strongly suggests that pathological liars share an extraordinary, yet paradoxical profile: individuals beyond suspicion, prominent men with social status (Judge Couwenberg and Professor Joseph Ellis) and women incarnating the graces of motherhood (later on to be diagnosed with Munchausen by Proxy) seeming particularly genuine...

2-Hy­droxy-3-meth­oxy­benzaldehyde (o-vanillin) revisited

The structure of ortho-vanillin, C(8)H(8)O(3), has been revisited with modern methods and at low temperature (100 K). The previous structure [Iwasaki et al. (1976 ▶). Acta Cryst. B32, 1264-1266] is confirmed, but geometric precision is improved by an order of magnitude. The C atom of the meth-oxy group lies close to the benzene ring plane, which is the most common geometry for -OMe groups lying...