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Greg Walton
Stanford University www.stanford.edu/~gwalton/home/Welcome.html What does your research focus on? One of my main interests involves how the important contents of people’s selves — like their interests, motivations, and emotions — which people tend to think
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Women Perform Better At Spacial Tasks When More Confident, Study Shows
Huffington Post: Two new studies out last week show that the brain is mightier than the baggage — especially when it comes to those stereotypes we women carry around in our backpacks. Parallel parking: Good
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Study: Vaccines & Hand-Washing Can Reduce Prejudice Against Immigrants, the Obese & Crack Addicts
Discover Magazine: The war between people and disease-causing pathogens is old as humanity itself. This has helped shaped our so-called behavioral immunity, which can lead us, for example, to automatically avoid people who are visibly
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Sikh Teenager Raps Against Bullying
The Wall Street Journal: Michigan-based Gulshan Singh, 18, felt strongly about countering the widespread bullying of Sikh teenagers in the U.S. “I wanted to do something about it but never knew how to, or never had
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Seriously, Men Only Think They’re Funnier
The New York Times: The Gist: Men aren’t much funnier than women. They just think they are. The Source: “Who’s Funny: Gender Stereotypes, Humor Production, and Memory Bias” by Laura Mickes, Drew E. Walker, Julian
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Five sex myths busted
Cleo Magazine: Men think about sex more than women. Men want more sexual partners than women do. Would you bet your morning latte that these statements are true? If so, you might have to say
