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A Form of Benevolence Increases Tolerance of Domestic Violence Against Women
Violence against women is a particularly urgent problem in India and other countries where gender inequality is high. But those who worry about women being the victims of random violence in public are more likely to tolerate domestic violence against women in private, according to a new study.
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on threat-related perceptual decision making, metacognitive myopia, learning one’s own genetic susceptibility to mental disorders, brain reward circuits, and much more.
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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on abstract concepts, identity and group belongingness, religion, gender perceptions and sexual harassment, cognitive functioning, well-being and psychopathology, and more.
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NSF Calls for Research on Harassment in STEM Contexts
Researchers can submit proposals that support progress towards safe and secure educational and research environments.
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Can We Touch?
Tiffany Field has spent decades trying to get people to touch one another more. Her efforts started with premature babies, when she found that basic human touch led them to quickly gain weight. An initial
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NSF Call for Research on Harassment in STEM Contexts
The National Science Foundation has announced a call for research on sexual harassment in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics contexts. Researchers are invited to submit proposals to programs across NSF that support progress towards safe and secure educational and research environments for current and future scientists.
