Are microaggressions based on good science?
If you’ve been on the internet in the last five years, you may have come across the word “microaggression.” A microaggression is an…
Category: Psychology
Do Nice Apes Finish Last? It’s Complicated.
Bonobo apes are among our closest genetic relatives. Like humans, they are very social and are known to cooperate to find food. However, new…
Can We Teach a Computer to Be Creative?
Creativity is no small task. We do our best to cultivate and cherish the imagination of young children, and struggle to maintain those…
Infants Got Talent!
According to the results of a study by researchers from the University of Washington, babies can perceive pitch better than adults, despite…
Would a Self-Driving Car Kill You If it Had the Chance?
What started out as a study of ethical decision making for self-driving cars turned into a study of human psychology. How do we decide, when…
Relaxing music may not be a useful stress-reduction strategy
Music is an integral part of human cultures around the world. Common wisdom suggests that listening to music has an affect on mental states,…
Chess might help you become better at math, but not for the reasons you think.
Chess has been proposed as a way of improving math abilities, despite the fact that math and chess do not have as much in common as people…
Are facial morphs a reliable way to produce fake IDs?
Most people can identify a familiar face in a photo, even if the picture is taken at an unusual angle, or in poor lighting. Think about how…
Chimps can tell when you believe something false
Our understanding of animal cognition has grown dramatically since the days of Jane Goodall in the 1960s. Great apes, a family of primates…