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The Science of Collective Decision-Making
Why do some juries take weeks to reach a verdict, while others take just hours? How do judges pick the perfect beauty queen from a sea of very similar candidates? We have all wondered exactly
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Racism’s Cognitive Toll: Subtle discrimination is more taxing on the brain
While certain expressions of racism are absent from our world today, you don’t have to look very hard to know that more subtle forms of racism persist, in schools and workplaces and elsewhere.
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God thoughts influence your generosity
Thoughts related to God cultivate cooperative behavior and generosity, according to University of British Columbia psychology researchers. In a study to be published in the September issue of Psychological Science journal, researchers investigated how thinking
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The More Common the Digit, the More Luminous the Color in Grapheme Color Synaesthesia
A psychological phenomenon known as “grapheme-color synaesthesia” describes individuals who experience vivid colors whenever they see, hear, or think of ordinary letters and digits. A hallmark of synaesthesia is that individuals tend to be idiosyncratic
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Help Shape the Future of Psychological Science
If you’re a long-time Member of APS, you’ve no doubt noticed the growth of our flagship journal Psychological Science. Over the years, we’ve increased the frequency of the journal from bimonthly to monthly, and we’ve
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On the Growth of Psychological Science
Being offered the job of editor at Psychological Science is a bit like being offered a ride in the Belmont Stakes on a horse that just won the Preakness and the Kentucky Derby. No matter
