Archive for 2014

Our most popular posts of 2014

1 . Jailed criminals think they are kinder, more trustworthy and honest than the average member of the public 2 . The ten most controvers...

Who finds Bill Gates' creativity sexy? By guest blogger Sam McNerney Ever since the Sirens seduced sailors with their music, Sophocles...

Teacher training doesn't usually include a module on how to arrange the seating of pupils. Perhaps it should - a new study by psychologi...

We usually see worry as a bad thing. It feels unpleasant, like a snake coiling in the pit of your stomach. And worriers are often considered...

When you're trying to learn, do something with your new knowledge, such as summarising it or explaining it to someone else . This deepen...

Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so : 2014’s Best Books on Psychology, Philosophy, and How to Li...

High scorers on the personality trait of agreeableness are eager to please, concerned for others, and compliant to other perspectives. On av...

Past research ( pdf ) suggests that using torture as a way to extract information or confessions from terror suspects isn't just unethic...

In the wake of a report published yesterday into the CIA's use of torture, many people are shocked and appalled. Yet one defence of the...

A new review ( pdf ) of how women fare in the sciences has provoked a lot of online response, thanks mainly to a pugnacious newspaper op-ed ...

Imagine taking a seat for a university exam and seeing that your seat number is unlucky. Would it bother you? A new study by Maria De Paola ...

Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week or so : Why Our Memory Fails Us Christopher Chabris and Daniel Sim...

Psychologists and psychiatrists are frequently called on to provide expert testimony in court. When the memories recalled by an alleged vict...

A psychologist helping a person with social anxiety disorder will often try to convince them that they come over far more positively in soci...

A training regime at the University of Sussex has successfully conditioned fourteen people with no prior experience of synesthesia - crossi...