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Learning to Live With Fear
… Fear is often a lonely experience. Its intensity can isolate us and make us question ourselves—make us feel flawed, weak and foolish. But because of the pandemic, millions of people around the world are
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How the News Changes the Way We Think and Behave
Alison Holman was working on a fairly ordinary study of mental health across the United States. Then tragedy struck. On 15 April 2013, as hundreds of runners streaked past the finish line at the annual
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Where Psychologists Should Fear to Tread on Covid-19, They Don’t
ONSIDER THE FOLLOWING brain teaser: A bat and a ball cost $1.10 in total. The bat costs $1.00 more than the ball. How much does the ball cost? A researcher devised the question 15 years ago as a
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Scientists Have Discovered Why We Love Darth Vader
Star Wars has brought us some of the most iconic villains of all time. It’s so much fun to watch Emperor Palpatine’s scheming and Darth Vader’s brutality. But why do we enjoy bad guys so
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From Voldemort to Vader, Science Says We Prefer Fictional Villains Who Remind Us of Ourselves
People may find fictional villains surprisingly likeable when they share similarities with the viewer or reader. [April 22, 2020]
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What Makes a ‘Good Samaritan’ Good? That Opinion Depends on the Beneficiary
Businessman throws a Ring lifebuoy over a large earthquake crack to another businessman
