Tag: Psychology research
How to have productive disagreements about politics and religion
Larisa Heiphetz, Columbia University
In the current polarized climate, it’s easy to find yourself in the midst of a political disagreement that morphs into a...
You make decisions quicker and based on less information than you...
Nadav Klein, University of Chicago
We live in an age of information. In theory, we can learn everything about anyone or anything at the touch...
You can’t characterize human nature if studies overlook 85 percent of...
Daniel Hruschka, Arizona State University
Over the last century, behavioral researchers have revealed the biases and prejudices that shape how people see the world and...
Teens who feel down may benefit from picking others up
Hannah L. Schacter, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Think about the last time you helped someone out. Maybe...
Why your brain never runs out of problems to find
David Levari, Harvard University
Why do many problems in life seem to stubbornly stick around, no matter how hard people work to fix them? It...
When does hungry become hangry?
Jennifer MacCormack, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Have you ever been grumpy, only to realize that you’re hungry?
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Personality tests with deep-sounding questions provide shallow answers about the ‘true’...
Randy Stein, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and Alexander Swan, Eureka College
Have you ever clicked on a link like “What does your favorite animal...
Why you stink at fact-checking
Lisa Fazio, Vanderbilt University
Here’s a quick quiz for you:
In the biblical story, what was Jonah swallowed by?
How many animals of each kind did Moses...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
