Tag: psychology
The creepy clown emerged from the crass and bawdy circuses of...
Madeline Steiner, University of South Carolina
The scary clown has become a horror staple.
Featuring Art...
Why are so many people delighted by disgusting things?
Bradley J. Irish, Arizona State University
Halloween is a time to embrace all that is disgusting, from bloody slasher...
What is déjà vu? Psychologists are exploring this creepy feeling of...
Anne Cleary, Colorado State University
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages....
When you’re questioning your faith after being hurt by your religious...
Christine D. Gonzales-Wong, Texas A&M-San Antonio
For the past few months, religion has never been far from U.S. headlines.
Students perceive themselves as a ‘math person’ or a ‘reading person’...
Sirui Wan, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.
Cognitive biases and brain biology help explain why facts don’t change...
Keith M. Bellizzi, University of Connecticut
“Facts First” is the tagline of a CNN branding campaign which contends that...
Feeling connected enhances mental and physical health – here are 4...
Dave Smallen, Metropolitan State University
A woman and her fiancé joke and laugh together while playing video games after...
Itching to get away this summer? Remember the six stages of...
Jaco J. Hamman, Vanderbilt Divinity School
In June 2022, I set off on a 10,650-mile, six-week motorcycle trip from...
EXPLORING NATURE
Oldest known cremation in Africa poses 9,500-year-old mystery about Stone Age...
Jessica C. Thompson, Yale University; Elizabeth Sawchuk, Stony Brook University (The State University of New York), and Jessica Cerezo-Román, University of Oklahoma
