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Pinocchio Effect

01/23/2019 / By Zoey Sky

Study finds that your nose SHRINKS when you lie

In the children’s novel “The Adventures of Pinocchio,” the titular character is a sentient wooden puppet whose nose grows longer when he is dishonest. However, according to a study, the human nose actually shrinks when people tell lies. What is the “Pinocchio effect?” The pioneering study, which was conducted by researchers from the University of Granada (UGR) Department […]

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