A forgotten 1939 experiment reveals why strongmen and leaderless drift fail—and why democracy survives only with disciplined, ...

Social scientists have sought for years to identify an alcoholic personality and haven't found one. Amplifying politically convenient memes only increases stigma.

This valuable study links psychological theories of chunking with a physiological implementation based on short-term synaptic plasticity and synaptic augmentation. The theoretical derivation for ...

“Recent scientific studies have shown that one dose of the HPV vaccine is as effective as two doses. The CDC is following the ...

Someone in the office makes a racially insensitive comment, and a white co-worker asks a Black colleague to help correct the offender.Teamwork makes ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of ...

Rather than making others feel bad, she’s flagged her flaws and triggered a more constructive conversation. That’s the power ...

Much of the conversation around addiction swings between two worldviews. On one side is the belief that addiction is a brain ...

New research shows highly educated people are just as likely to believe conspiracies as those with less education if they ...

Paradoxically, the very moments when charisma becomes most attractive are often the moments when its risks are greatest.

Research conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows that people tend to rate their own risk of being ...

Humans have the remarkable ability to remember the same person or object in completely different situations. We can easily ...