While exaggeration is at the core of advertising, many ads try and make brands look bigger and more important than they actually are to the consumer, making the exaggeration hard to digest ...

Source: Image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay Exaggeration is often used, sometimes habitually, for two reasons. Some individuals use it as a form of emotional self-expression. Other times it is used to ...

When I taught a course on conflict resolution, students had to write descriptions of conflicts they were engaged in. I required their papers to be crafted in such a way that, if the person they were ...

Scott Mollen discusses "J.T. Magen & Co. v. Nissan N. Am.," where the court found a willfully exaggerated mechanic's lien to be null and void. Mechanic's Lien—Willful Exaggeration Improper—'Side Deal' ...

With Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz criticized for exaggerating his military service, NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to psychologist Holly Cole about why humans tend to embellish stories. I ...

With several recent reports of misleading ads being banned in different countries, TOI looks at the thin line that separates exaggeration from false claims “The truth in ads means the ‘rational’ truth ...

Rob MacKenzie receives funding from the UK Natural Environment Research Council, the European Research Council, and the JABBS Foundation. To exaggerate is human, and scientists are human. Exaggeration ...