Truth or Truthiness? How Attitudes Influence Automatic Evaluations of the Truth

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How do people resolve the discrepancies between desired and actual outcomes? One possibility is that they don't. In five studies, we find evidence that associations with the truth are shaped by one's desires and that truth associations mediate the link between desires and desire-congruent beliefs. We also find that the Implicit Association TesT (IAT) is not a reliable lie-detector, as its accuracy at detecting the truth of an event depends on whether or not the event was desired.

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