Liberals and conservatives see sexual harassment claims very differently. This explains why.
Over this past year, the #MeToo movement has put sexual harassment claims front and center in the news. Most recently… More
Sociocultural Factors
How culture shapes your mind — and your mental illness
THE PATIENT, A man in his early 20s, was clearly distressed, anxious. There were insects, he said, insects crawling around… More
Psychological Science’s Human Clientele: Beneficiaries or Victims?
Barbara Tversky’s engaging article, “Seeing Psychological Science Everywhere” (Observer, September 2018), prompts a historical note and some (brief) reflections on… More
Research Suggests Exposure to Multiculturalism Prompts People to Inflate the Importance of Race
As the United States—and much of the world—becomes more ethnically diverse, how can we all get along? For many, the… More
Ability to Identify Genuine Laughter Transcends Culture
People across cultures and continents are largely able to tell the difference between a fake laugh and a real one… More
New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring trends in adolescent media use and depression, memory amplification following trauma, perceptual inference in autism spectrum disorders, and statistical learning applied to diagnostic predictions… More