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The Case for Lying to Yourself
The Wall Street Journal: Lying to yourself—or self-deception, as psychologists call it—can actually have benefits. And nearly everybody does it, based on a growing body of research using new experimental techniques. Self-deception isn’t just lying
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Silly Sports Rituals? Think Again
Five days left, 5 psychological science highlights: Counting down to the Olympic Opening Ceremony, with research insights on sports and performance. #5. Have you seen Michelle Jenneke’s prerace routine? How about Stephanie Rice before she
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Facebook users let secrets out
New Zealand Herald: What you post, comment on and say on Facebook reveals more about your self-esteem than you perhaps realise, psychologists say. In theory, the social networking website seems beneficial for people with low
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Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?
The Atlantic: Despite its immense popularity, or more likely because of it, Facebook has, from the beginning, been under something of a cloud of suspicion. The depiction of Mark Zuckerberg, in The Social Network, as
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Most Religious States Revealed in New Survey
LiveScience: If you like to attend church and have a strong connection with religion, Mississippi may be your best bet, according to a new survey finding the Magnolia State is the most religious, followed by
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Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
My name is Sarah F. Allgood from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and I presented my research at the APS 23rd Annual Convention in Washington, DC.
