Virtual reality can place people inside the lived experience of bias rather than asking them to imagine it. Some virtual ...

In the years before Ted Kaczynski's name became synonymous with his title as the "Unabomber," he was tapped for an intense psychological experiment that has left experts with questions regarding its ...

The BBC once revisited the Stanford Prison Experiment through a controlled 2002 prison simulation to test how authority forms ...

Washington, D.C. (March 12, 2024) — The Association for Psychological Science, the leading global organization dedicated to advancing scientific psychology for the benefit of science and society, is ...

Psychological science is really just our best shot at making sense of how people think, feel, and act. It’s rooted in old philosophy but runs today on experiments, observation, and data. Back in the ...

Debunking, 'prebunking,' nudging and teaching digital literacy are several of the more effective ways to counter misinformation, according to a new report. Debunking, "prebunking," nudging and ...

The human mind has always fascinated scientists, but the quest to understand psychological behavior has led researchers down some disturbingly dark paths. Throughout history, psychologists have ...

APS President James Pennebaker's fourth presidential column features Carla Groom, who discusses her training in psychological ...