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Under Time Pressure, People Tell Us What We Want to Hear
When asked to answer questions quickly and impulsively, people tend to respond with a socially desirable answer rather than an honest one, a set of experiments shows.
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New Research from Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring peripersonal space and visual search and memory.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring effects of hypnotic suggestion on implicit attitudes and ways to enhance children’s understanding of scientific models.
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Touting Flavor Before Nutrition Encourages Healthy Eating
Evocative labels such as “twisted citrus glazed carrots” and “ultimate chargrilled asparagus” can get people to eat more vegetables than they otherwise would—as long as the food is prepared flavorfully, a nationwide study shows.
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High Wealth Inequality Linked With Greater Support for Populist Leaders
People who live or think they live in a more economically unequal society may be more supportive of a strong, even autocratic leader, a large-scale international study shows.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring reciprocity in early development and links between intentional forgetting and working memory resources.
