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White People Show Race Bias When Judging Deception
Research shows that White people are more likely to perceive a Black person as a truth-teller compared with a White person, although their spontaneous behavior indicates the reverse bias.
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Familiar Faces Look Happier Than Unfamiliar Ones
People tend to perceive faces they are familiar with as looking happier than unfamiliar faces, even when the faces express the same emotion to the same degree.
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Paper in Psychological Science has “Stood the Test of Time,” According to Google Scholar
Many scientists turn to Google Scholar for literature searches, tracking citation counts, and accessing preprints and published articles. But now there’s a new reason to visit the site: to explore a new feature, called Classic
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Unearned Fun Tastes Just as Sweet
We may be inclined to think that a fun experience will be all the more enjoyable if we save it until we’ve finished our work or chores, but new research shows that this intuition may be misguided.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new articles exploring implicit sense of agency over somatosensory events and the motivational effects of contingent and noncontingent rewards.
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Spouses’ Daily Responses to Partners’ Pain Linked with Later Functioning
The dynamics of spouses’ daily interactions may influence whether an ill partner’s physical functioning improves over time.
