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Ew, Gross! Why Humans Are Hardwired To Feel Disgust.
In the late 1860s, Charles Darwin proposed that being grossed out could have an evolutionary purpose. Disgust, he wrote, was inborn and involuntary, and it evolved to prevent our ancestors from eating spoiled food that might kill
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You’re Not Fully Vaccinated the Day of Your Last Dose
For much of 2020, the world pinned its collective post-pandemic plans on a single, glimmering end point: the arrival of an effective COVID-19 vaccine. The resounding refrain of “when I’m vaccinated” has long conjured images
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Policy Watch: APS Members Named to NASEM Committee on Behavioral Ontologies
The committee aims to develop a shared language and concepts for behavioral science research.
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How Can We Protect Ourselves Against Manipulation, Fake News, and Other Digital Challenges?
In contrast to the offline world, the online world is largely driven by the logic of the attention economy: Users’ attention is a precious currency, and online environments are designed to capture and steer that
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A Quarter of Canadians Don’t Want The COVID-19 Vaccine. We Asked The Experts Why
After the COVID-19 pandemic tossed the world into chaos, the light at the end of the tunnel was the announcement that major pharmaceutical companies had vaccines in development. Two vaccines, made by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna
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2020 Led to Soul-Searching, Sparking Meaningful New Resolutions
The challenges of 2020, one of the most surreal years in recent memory, prompted some individuals to make ambitious resolutions. “It is leading some people to think it’s time to say, ‘I see that life
