Poorly designed ballots can prevent voters from understanding, seeing, using, and processing information correctly, which can lead to voting failures that alter the outcome of elections. Applied psychologists and human factors engineers can make a real difference in ensuring that ballots accurately capture voter intent. More

Poorly designed ballots can prevent voters from understanding, seeing, using, and processing information correctly, which can lead to voting failures that alter the outcome of elections. Applied psychologists and human factors engineers can make a real difference in ensuring that ballots accurately capture voter intent. More

APS interviews Michael Wohl on how collective angst can influence collective nostalgia. More

APS interviews Michael Wohl on how collective angst can influence collective nostalgia. More

The act of giving can help those in need even as it improves the giver's own well-being. More

The act of giving can help those in need even as it improves the giver's own well-being. More

Individuals on the conservative and liberal ends of the political spectrum may ‘feel’ their feelings somewhat differently when their moral expectations are violated. More

Individuals on the conservative and liberal ends of the political spectrum may ‘feel’ their feelings somewhat differently when their moral expectations are violated. More

We may perceive those we can trust to disagree with us as having greater integrity than “fence-sitters” who have no strong feelings either way. More

We may perceive those we can trust to disagree with us as having greater integrity than “fence-sitters” who have no strong feelings either way. More

The views expressed by political party leaders can change how individual voters feel about an issue, according to findings from a longitudinal study of voters in New Zealand. More

The views expressed by political party leaders can change how individual voters feel about an issue, according to findings from a longitudinal study of voters in New Zealand. More

Data from 16,000 individuals in the UK reveal links between early conduct problems and economic and political discontent 25 years later. More

Data from 16,000 individuals in the UK reveal links between early conduct problems and economic and political discontent 25 years later. More

Social conservatives are more likely to believe untrue warnings about possible threats than are liberals, two studies show. More

Social conservatives are more likely to believe untrue warnings about possible threats than are liberals, two studies show. More

People from opposing political parties may agree on the existence and causes of climate change more than they think, a study shows. More

People from opposing political parties may agree on the existence and causes of climate change more than they think, a study shows. More

People who occupy the extreme ends of the political spectrum may be less influenced by outside information on a simple estimation task than political moderates. More

People who occupy the extreme ends of the political spectrum may be less influenced by outside information on a simple estimation task than political moderates. More

With over a year of campaigning before the general election, voters should be able to tap into lots of information when they make their decisions in the voting booth. But it turns out there’s a lot more going on when we step behind the curtain to cast our ballot. More

With over a year of campaigning before the general election, voters should be able to tap into lots of information when they make their decisions in the voting booth. But it turns out there’s a lot more going on when we step behind the curtain to cast our ballot. More