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Left-Leaning Research
89.3 KPCC Public Radio: Remember, from math class, the number line? Smaller numbers on the left, bigger ones on the right? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying don’t worry
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To Think Outside the Box, It Helps to Have a Box
Bloomberg Business Week: Literally following metaphors of creative thinking—actually sitting “outside the box” to complete word tasks, for example—enhances creative problem-solving, according to a recent study by the University of Michigan Ross School of Business
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Social Psychology A Chilly Reception
The Wall Street Journal: When we don’t see what we expect to see in the face of a conversation partner, the situation starts to feel chilly—literally. In one experiment, a female researcher greeted 40 undergraduates
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Seeing black and white makes people more judgmental
msnbc: Black-and-white judgments may be more literal than you might expect. A new study finds that people who view information on a black-and-white background are less likely to see gray areas in moral dilemmas than
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about new research published in Psychological Science. Is It Light or Dark? Recalling Moral Behavior Changes Perception of Brightness Pronobesh Banerjee, Promothesh Chatterjee, and Jayati Sinha Can the recollection of past ethical and unethical
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Gün Semin Awarded High Dutch Honor
On April 27, APS Secretary and Fellow Gün R. Semin was awarded the position of Officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau. The is a military and civil order of the Netherlands that is open to
