Future Orientation: The Key to Healthy Eating and Exercise
By Jeff Joireman It’s 6 am on January 1st. The alarm clock goes off, rousing you from your sleep. You roll over, hit the snooze, and contemplate the first day of your new life. This is the year you...
View ArticleWhen People Prefer Injustice for All
By Jan-Willem van Prooijen, VU University Amsterdam Most of us care a great deal about how we are treated by decision-makers. Whether it is a boss deciding on a possible promotion, a teacher deciding...
View ArticleThe Power of a Smile
By Soledad de Lemus (Universidad de Granada, Spain), Russell Spears (Groningen University, NL), & Miguel Moya (Universidad de Granada, Spain) The smile remains something of a mystery. We smile...
View ArticleDo Bad Interracial Interactions Shape Our Attitudes More than Good...
By Fiona Kate Barlow (University of Queensland), Stefania Paolini (University of Newcastle, Australia), Anne Pedersen (Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia), Matthew Hornsey (University of...
View Article(Not) Bringing up Baby: How Jealousy Influences Reproductive Readiness and...
By Sarah E. Hill & Danielle J. DelPriore (Texas Christian University) For many couples, receiving the news that they are expecting their first child is a thrilling experience. The period that...
View ArticleWomen and the STEM Sciences: When Trying Hard Isn’t Natural
By Jessi L. Smith (Montana State University), Karyn L. Lewis (University of Oregon), Lauren Hawthorne (University of Maine), and Sara D. Hodges (University of Oregon) Everyone knows that science is...
View ArticleShooting the Messenger to Spite the Message?
By Jennifer Schultz and Keith Maddox (Tufts University) “There are very few African-American men in this country who haven’t had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department...
View ArticleIs Greed Really Good?
By Christopher Burris (St. Jerome’s University, Canada) & John Rempel (St. Jerome’s University, Canada) “Personal growth” has long been a buzzword and a sought-after goal in self-help circles. Over...
View ArticleThe Data Are In: Experiments in Policy Are Worth It
(cross-posted with permission from the Albert Shanker Institute) When I was a younger academic, I often taught a class on research methods in the behavioral sciences. On the first day of that class, I...
View ArticleAre Science Faculty Biased against Female Students?
By Corinne A. Moss-Racusin, Yale University Imagine that you are a science professor at a research university, responsible for conducting cutting-edge research, teaching several classes, and...
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