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Even when presented with the same information, liberals and conservatives tend to interpret political information differently. By measuring brain activity...
Psychologists, philosophers, and engineers have long known that the way we think about problems affects the way we solve them. Our recent paper proposes and...
Men and women are each about half the population. Recent studies revealed that according to billions of words on the internet, people think of a “human” more...
Conspiracy beliefs are a major driver of local opposition to wind farms. The good news: Providing information in favor of wind farms can help overcome...
Following a series of high-profile cases of police harassment and violence, police reform has become a growing national concern in the U.S. We evaluate one...
We used international survey data from 500,000 students to show that genders attribute differently their failure to a lack of talent and argued that these...
Among other methods, governments use highway message signs to encourage responsible driving. We find that displaying year-to-day roadside fatality counts leads...
The diversity of the US population is not well represented in its scientific workforce. In our research, we use large scale bibliometric databases to...
Have you ever noticed that your thoughts are sometimes focused on the task-at-hand, while other times, your mind wanders from topic to topic? Our new study...
We find that students are not more stressed or handle their stress differently at different points during the dissertation year. However, stress and coping are...
Despite unprecedented access to multiple sources of information, polarization in political opinions is on the rise. Why does the same news footage trigger...
Our memories often feel like records of the past. But the dominant view among scientists is that our personal memories are highly prone to error and not to be...
A placebo – popularly thought of as a fake treatment – is increasingly accepted as a potential treatment to reduce distress. However, the stereotype belief...
People usually want to be moral, but they sometimes break taboos for earnings. In such a moral dilemma, selective forgetting of bad memories helps us maintain...
Many today are concerned that universities “indoctrinate” students to have certain ideological beliefs. Despite this major claim, we find no evidence of broad...
All of us value some friends more than others, and tend to value partners who display signs of commitment to their relationships. This study revealed that this...
We are living in an unprecedentedly complex and uncertain world, facing difficult problems such as environmental disasters, economic turmoil, political...
When you feel sleepy, you may prefer going to bed over chatting with friends. Indeed, our study shows that sleepiness is linked to social activity as well as...
Chronic fatigue syndrome is a debilitating illness that affects 1.5 million Americans. Because it is linked with higher risks of suicide, scientists are...
Using a sample of over 11 million people from Sweden, this study found that adults with ADHD are more likely to struggle financially and to die by suicide....
Students from minoritized groups enter college with interest in STEM but leave these majors at high rates, largely due to inequities in STEM classes. Active...
Perhaps the most familiar gesture in ordinary communication is index-finger pointing. It exists in every culture, and yet we do not know where it originates....
It is a common belief that most domestic cats do not respond to their names, unlike domestic dogs. But with careful behavioral experiments, it becomes clear...
The social bond between parent and offspring balances selfishness and altruism. We investigated how genes control these behaviors in European earwigs, and...
