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Implicit Attitudes Can Change Over the Long Term
Data collected from 2004 to 2016 show that Americans’ attitudes toward certain social groups are becoming less biased over time.
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Women Warm Up Faster to Gay Men Than Straight Guys, Study Suggests
Discussing matters of the heart can be the start of something beautifully platonic between the sexes – so long as the male isn’t interested in more.
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Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage Changed Perception of Norms, Despite Stable Personal Beliefs
Research conducted around the US Supreme Court’s ruling on gay marriage offers insight into how people’s views change when the government takes sides on an issue.
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Development, Mental Illness, and Solutions to Stigma
APS James McKeen Cattell Fellow Stephen P. Hinshaw has dedicated his career to uncovering the biological and contextual underpinnings of developmental psychopathology — and to combatting the stigma associated with mental illness.
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What Scientists Know—And Don’t Know—About Sexual Orientation
A comprehensive review of sexual orientation research aims to correct important misconceptions about the link between scientific findings and political agendas.
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Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage Linked to Self-Interest
Why do opponents of same-sex marriage really oppose it? A study concludes that many people believe gay men and women are more sexually promiscuous than heterosexuals, which they may fear could threaten their own marriages.
