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Holding a Mirror to Their Natures
The New York Times: When twins have similar personalities, is it mainly because they share so much genetic material or because their physical resemblance makes other people treat them alike? Most researchers believe the former
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Public Trust Has Dwindled With Rise in Income Inequality
Trust in others and confidence in societal institutions are at their lowest point in over three decades, analyses of national survey data reveal.
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Dads’ Housework Inspires Girls’ Ambitions
The Wall Street Journal: Fathers who help with the dishes and laundry may play an important role in shaping their daughters’ future, suggests a study in the August issue of Psychological Science. Researchers found that
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Of Myself I Sing
The New York Times: In April, Rebecca Makkai, a fiction writer, published a satirical piece on the blog for the literary magazine Ploughshares titled “Writers You Want to Punch in the Face(book).” In it, she depicted the Facebook
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How racism shapes prison policy
The Boston Globe: WHY DOES AMERICA incarcerate so much of its population compared to other first-world countries? New research from psychologists at Stanford University suggests that some of our toughness on crime may be driven by
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Common Knowledge Makes Us More Cooperative
Pacific Standard: If you know that someone knows something that you also know, does that make you more likely to cooperate with them? A new study out of Harvard suggests the answer is yes. Social psychology
