When A Brain Knows What Will Be Popular: Social Neuroscience and Predicting the World
There’s no doubt that neuroscience is a hot field. More and more, neuroscientists have turned … (Full Post)
Social Support and Responses to Stress: Tend and Befriend Theory
As you walk down the sidewalk, an enormous dog starts running at you. What’s your … (Full Post)
You Know What I Mean? How Latent Semantic Similarity Plays a Role in Understanding
Guest Post by Vivian Ta As long as humans are able to communicate with each … (Full Post)
How Many Arguments Are Enough to Be Persuasive?
Imagine two people try to convince you to buy their respective brands of kitchen products. … (Full Post)
Cognitive Biases in Legal Decisions
Legal judgments are supposed to be impartial. A judge’s decision should be based on facts … (Full Post)
When Irrelevant Numbers Bias Our Judgment: The Anchoring Heuristic
How tall do you think Mt. Everest is? (Don’t Google it—that kind of defeats the … (Full Post)
Culture and Gender Stereotyping in Advertisements
You’ve seen advertisements. Don’t even try to trick me—I know you’ve seen them. A lot … (Full Post)
3 Powerful Ways Labeling People Prompts Action
We can define ourselves by what we do or by who we are. For example, … (Full Post)
Feeling Coerced and Resisting Persuasion: Psychological Reactance
In general, people don’t like to be told what to do. When we feel pressured … (Full Post)
Which Friendships Last the Longest?: Psychology of Attraction and Adolescent Relationships
About half of all adolescent friendships don’t even survive into the next school year. Surely … (Full Post)