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Why We Don’t See Ourselves as Others Do
Discovery News: In a recent Dove ad, an FBI forensic artist sketched a series of women based purely on the way they described themselves and again as others described them. The artist could only hear
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Ed Diener
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign William James Fellow Award Nicknamed “Dr. Happiness,” Ed Diener is one of the leading pioneers in scientific research on happiness. He developed the Satisfaction with Life Scale and many
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Everyday Sadism: Throwing Light on the Dark Triad
The Huffington Post: The Dark Triad. It could well be a cast of villains in an epic tale of fantasy. All three of these dark powers are callous and exploitative, but each is also malignant
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MIND Reviews: Drunk Tank Pink
Scientific American Mind: At the 2004 Summer Olympics, researchers asked six athletes in different sports to wear red uniforms instead of their usual more subdued colors. All of them won gold. Although the color red
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Four APS Fellows Elected to NAS
Five psychological scientists, including four APS Fellows, are among the 84 new members and 21 foreign associates elected to the National Academy of Sciences, in recognition of their contributions and achievements in original research. Among
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Why using a mobile phone can be contagious
The Telegraph: Researchers concluded that a person was twice as likely to talk on a mobile, or check for messages, if a companion did the same. The University of Michigan study discovered that checking a
