Researchers at the University of Tartu in Estonia have found that applying transcranial magnetic stimulation to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex seems to hamper our ability to lie, New Scientist reports.

Bruno Verschuere at the University of Amsterdam said it is difficult to draw firm conclusions from the small sample (16 subjects).

Ref.: Karton, I. & Bachmann, T. (2011). Effect of prefrontal transcranial magnetic stimulation on spontaneous truth telling, Behavioural Brain Research, 225, 209 – 214, doi:10.1016/j.bbr.2011.07.028