MEAN DRUNK? ALCOHOL PERSONALITY STUDY SAYS MAYBE NOT
Newsweek: You may think you’re a mean drunk. Or a funny drunk. Or even a mellow drunk. But do other… More
Intergroup Relations
Personality May Change When You Drink, But Less Than You Think
People typically report substantive changes to their personality when they become intoxicated, but observations from outsiders suggest differences between ‘sober’ and ‘drunk’ personalities are less drastic… More
Group Rituals Can Make Us Biased Against Outsiders
Engaging in basic rituals — even arbitrary movements — can make us more likely to trust those who share the same ritual and less likely to trust those who don’t… More
Global Warming and Violent Behavior
A mix of behavioral research, economic studies, and time-series data portend some unsettling effects of climate change on human social interactions… More
Five Myths About the Role of Culture in Psychological Research
Cornell University researcher and APS Fellow Qi Wang dispels some of the assumptions that researchers make about integrating cultural factors into their investigations… More
What Do We Want Our Scientific Discourse to Look Like?
Psychological scientist Alison Ledgerwood curates a discussion on what scientific discourse has become in the age of social media and how it might evolve to be more productive… More