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Pro-Climate Sentiments Are More Common Than You Think
A new study highlights how people around the world often overestimate climate skepticism and presents ways to push back on this misperception.
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Like Likes Like: Partner Preferences May Be Explained by Genetics
A new study suggests that assortative mating, where partners choose a mate like themselves, can be explained by looking at inheritance of traits and the corresponding preferences for those traits.
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Does Meditation Come With Side Effects?
A new study examines the extent of adverse effects for those who meditate and pinpoints those most at risk of experiencing them.
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A Common Cognitive Bias Gets a Name, Definition
Doubling-back aversion—defined as the tendency for an individual to forego taking an easier or faster route when it involves retracing steps they’ve already taken on an alternate route—is defined in a new study.
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Pandemic Led to No Prolonged Spike in Anxiety Levels in the U.S., Study Indicates
Anxiety symptoms among U.S. adults, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, appear to have remained stable, according to a massive online study spanning more than a decade.
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Methodology Expert Ulf-Dietrich Reips Assumes Helm at PSPI
Ulf-Dietrich Reips, a pioneer in internet-based psychological research, assumes the leadership role at Psychological Science in the Public Interest.
