Self-Deception in Neurological Syndromes Israel Nachson, Bar-Ilan UniversityJournal of Mind and Behavior, Spring 1999, Vol. 20, No. 2, Pages 117–132, ISSN 0271–0137One of the traditional views of self-deception has been in terms of a dynamically-driven defense mechanism which is employed in order to enhance self-esteem by denying contradictory evidence. Denial is evident during stressful events