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Interracial Roommate Relationships: An Experimental Field Test of the Contact Hypothesis
While prejudice and racism are unfortunate realities of our society, psychologists are revealing valuable insights into this complicated human tendency. A new study shows that living with someone of a different race can help to
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Hey, Look at That! New Study Shows Saliency is Only Short-Lived in the Brain
Our eyes see millions of things every single day. It doesn’t take much to realize that in a visual field, we tend to look at the most distinctive, or salient, features: a bright, red, feather
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Age-Old Money Matters: Positivity in Older Adults Leads to Balanced Investments
The economic and psychological term known as “sunk-cost fallacy” is a bias that leads someone to make a decision based solely on a previous financial investment. For example, a baseball fan might attend every game
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The Perils of Overconfidence
Overestimating one’s abilities can have hazardous consequences. The overconfident investment banker may lose millions on a “can’t-miss” start up or a driver who’s had one too many may insist on making it home in the
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When the Powerless Rise Up: Power Leads to Positive Action, But Only When Acquired Legitimately
In an effort to reconcile the science stating that power leads to action and lack of power leads to inhibition — despite constant historical reminders of the powerless rising up and taking action — new
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Study Pinpoints Strategies that Protect Older Adult’s Physical Health
In his famous poem, “Do not go gentle into that good night,” Dylan Thomas urges us to “Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” Researchers are now backing up this counsel in the lab
