We’ve all seen horror stories of people falling off docks and cliffs and killing animals in the name of taking the best “selfies.” What motivates people to risk so much for that perfect self-portrait? Many researchers began with an assumption that there was something wrong with people who take a Read more…
My adults daughters are intrigued by the notion that their mom and dad met at age 12, started dating at age 17, married at age 20, and are still really happy 46 years after their first date. In psychology courses, we often talk about Erik Erikson, and the idea that Read more…
Way back in 1992, David Buss and his colleagues at the University of Michigan published results of a three studies showing that men and women responded differently to sexual and emotional infidelity. They argued that the different reactions stemmed from sex differences in challenges to successful reproduction. Men, they said, Read more…
Here are a few readings for today: the ‘nerd penalty’‘ “”The negative social consequences of getting good grades were particularly pronounced for black and Native American students in high-achieving schools with small proportions of students similar to themselves,” said University of Michigan developmental psychologist Thomas Fuller-Rowell, the lead author of Read more…
Here are a few readings that you might like: tricking the brain with motion “Movement in our field of vision can drastically affect the way our brain perceives the world around us. To explain these phenomena, visual researchers have come up with some mind-bending new motion perception illusions. Here, New Read more…