Archive for October 2013

31 terrifying psychology links for Halloween!

Spook me, please: What psychology tells us about the appeal of Halloween What do young children know about managing fear? Irrational human d...

Why do rich celebrities steal groceries? Why do students risk their academic careers by cheating for just a few extra marks? A team of resea...

10 eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut : Competitors in the Ultimate Fighting Championship who wear red trunks are no mo...

In 2010 more people died by suicide than were killed in war, by murder, or in natural disasters. In Norway, the location of a heart-rending...

For people with synaesthesia, stimulation of one sense - or in some cases just thinking of a particular concept - triggers another kind of s...

Our 10 favourite psychology and neuroscience links from the last week or so : People's drawings of their own brains . Last week's is...

Ill-judged commentary on poor mental health often makes it sound like biological causes are somehow more fundamental and important than soci...

The second Thor movie opens in the UK later this week. Is it worth paying the extra to see Thor's hammer in three dimensions? A soon-to-...

Myths abound regarding the behaviour of crowds in emergencies. This includes the idea that crowds typically descend into a state of mass pan...

Organisations know that job candidates are presenting an idealised version of themselves in their CV and at interview. According to reports ...

Young children with autism have difficultly deliberately deceiving other people, now a new study has shown that they are also more trusting ...

The relationship between the meaning of a word and the letter strings of which it is comprised is usually thought to be arbitrary. That is, ...

Can psychology explain viral videos? Some internet clips like President Obama's " Yes We Can " campaign video go "viral...

Up until about the age of seven, children across the world show similar levels of sharing behaviour as revealed by their choices in a simple...

If you want people to see you as trustworthy, try apologising for situations outside of your control such as the rain or a transport delay. ...