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Darker Skies, Darker Behaviors
Air pollution costs the world approximately $5 trillion a year, or about 7 percent of global GDP, according to the World Bank. This cost is measured in a range of metrics, including lives lost and
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The Banana Trick and Other Acts of Self-Checkout Thievery
Beneath the bland veneer of supermarket automation lurks an ugly truth: There’s a lot of shoplifting going on in the self-scanning checkout lane. But don’t call it shoplifting. The guys in loss prevention prefer “external
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SHRP2 Safety Data: Naturalistic Driving Data Sandbox Available
Psychological scientists who wish to study driving behavior can access the Strategic Highway Research Program Safety Data, which contains a set of naturalistic driving data collected from over 3,400 drivers making over 5 million trips.
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Probing the Good in Bad Behavior
Some human conduct widely considered to be nasty or harmful, such as objectification and gossiping, may have some beneficial features after all, according to a stream of recent behavioral studies.
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Mahzarin Banaji and the Implicit Revolution
APS Past President and William James Fellow Mahzarin Banaji pioneered research in implicit social cognition. Her collaborators and former students celebrate her work and influence.
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How Likely Is Someone To Sexually Harass Others? This Scale Determines
The stories of sexual assault and harassment that emerged last year seemed to touch every industry — Hollywood, hotels, restaurants, politics and news organizations, including this one. Many of those stories focused on what happened
