Tag: Social psychology
What’s the point of holiday gifts?
Dimitris Xygalatas, University of Connecticut
Whether it’s the dread of a trip to an overcrowded shopping mall, the challenge...
Are people lying more since the rise of social media and...
David Markowitz, University of Oregon
Technology has given people more ways to connect, but has it also given them...
Changing your mind about something as important as vaccination isn’t a...
Art Markman, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts
Culturally, this is an era in which...
‘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...
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...
