Cross-Examining Our “Fixed Pie” Approach to Truth
The zero-sum fallacy, the idea that a gain in one area must result in a loss in another, may be a confounding factor at work in courtrooms worldwide… More
Judgment
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring income inequality and racial bias, support for resettling refugees, and self-referential stimuli in working memory… More
Putting Yourself in Their Shoes May Make You Less Open to Their Beliefs
Trying to take someone else’s perspective may make you less open to their opposing views, according to findings published in… More
Context Shapes Choice of Healthy Foods
When choosing between indulgent and healthy foods, your pick may depend on what other foods sit nearby on the grocery shelf… More
New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring the neural underpinnings of perceiving familiar faces and extremeness aversion as a heuristic… More
Our Social Judgments Reveal a Tension Between Morals and Statistics
People make statistically-informed judgments about who is more likely to hold particular professions even though they criticize others for the… More