Tag: Social psychology
‘Quarantine envy’ could finally wake people up to the deep inequalities...
Jessica Rosenfeld, Washington University in St Louis
In recent months, mental health experts have been drawing attention to what they’ve dubbed “quarantine envy.”
Many people, they...
Why Americans are buying more guns than ever
Aimee Huff, Oregon State University and Michelle Barnhart, Oregon State University
Americans have been on a record gun-buying spree in recent months.
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic...
How lingering fears from the pandemic could change the way we...
Josh Woods, West Virginia University
Taiwan’s pro baseball league rebooted operations in mid-April with robot spectators filling the bleachers. A month later, Major League Baseball...
How women dress for other women
Jaimie Arona Krems, Oklahoma State University
“If you can’t be better than your competition,” Vogue editor Anna Wintour once said, “just dress better.”
Indeed, new research...
Why people post ‘couple photos’ as their social media profile pictures
Amanda L. Forest, University of Pittsburgh and Kori Krueger, University of Pittsburgh
As you scroll through your Facebook news feed, you see it: Your friend...
Why losing Kobe Bryant felt like losing a relative or friend
Edward R. Hirt, Indiana University
On the afternoon of Jan. 26, I was at the Indiana men’s basketball game when a chorus of cellphones in...
The dark side of supportive relationships
Edward Lemay, University of Maryland and Michele Gelfand, University of Maryland
Imagine that you’ve had a heated argument with a co-worker, and you call up...
Was that joke funny or offensive? Who’s telling it matters
Michael Thai, The University of Queensland and Alex Borgella, Fort Lewis College
In September, before the start of its 45th season, “Saturday Night Live” brought...
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That neat and tidy map of tastes on the tongue you...
Steven D Munger, Ph.D., University of Florida
Everybody has seen the tongue map – that little diagram of the tongue with different sections neatly cordoned...
