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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on oppressed groups engendering implicit positivity, compassion fatigue as a self-fulfilling prophecy, gaze-triggered communicative intention, and much more.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on racial bias in police traffic stops, hypothesis testing, learning about the self, motivating growth by feeling discomfort, habits, stereotypes, and visual search.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on information search and choice, intergroup conflict, tactile action, attention and visual search, face learning, noise and anchoring effects, children books and gender, and the impact of teacher mindsets on growth-mindset interventions.
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Making Eye Contact Signals a New Turn in a Conversation
What is found in a good conversation? It is certainly correct to say words—the more engagingly put, the better. But conversation also includes “eyes, smiles, the silences between the words,” as the Swedish author Annika
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Toddler TV Time Not to Blame for Attention Problems
Evidence suggests that exposure to television in toddlerhood may not cause attention-deficit problems after all.
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Toddler TV Time Not to Blame for Attention Problems
It’s a common belief that exposure to television in toddlerhood causes attention-deficit problems in school-age children—a claim that was born from the results of a 2004 study that seemed to show a link between the two. However, a further look at the evidence suggests this is not true.