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International Society of Political Psychology Annual Meeting
The next Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology will be held July 6 – 9, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. For more information visit: http://ispp.org/meetings/
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How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Testifying Before the US Congress
This adventure began with an email I nearly deleted as spam. In 2007, Heather Kelly from APA asked to help gather evidence to fight an amendment to the National Science Foundation (NSF) authorization act that
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Greg Walton
Stanford University www.stanford.edu/~gwalton/home/Welcome.html What does your research focus on? One of my main interests involves how the important contents of people’s selves — like their interests, motivations, and emotions — which people tend to think
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Psychopathy: A Misunderstood Personality Disorder
Psychopathic personalities are some of the most memorable characters portrayed in popular media today. These characters, like Patrick Bateman from American Psycho, Frank Abagnale Jr. from Catch Me If You Can and Alex from A
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Psychological Science For All
Interesting and important psychological research is published every day around the world, yet the rumor is that most psychology journal articles are read by an average of six people. Psychological research spans multiple disciplines, advances
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Ignorance IS bliss! We don’t want to know about complex issues preferring to leave them to governments
Daily Mail: People who know less about challenging social issues, are more likely to want to avoid becoming well-informed about them, according to a new report. The study looked at people’s knowledge and willingness to
