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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.
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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.
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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 Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “As political polarization in America
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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.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring the neural underpinnings of perceiving familiar faces and extremeness aversion as a heuristic.
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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 same behavior, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for
