Why Your Privacy is Not Just About You
Maintaining privacy is more of a social practice than one would think.
Project Implicit Reveals Your Hidden Prejudice
Professor Anthony Greenwald invented the Implicit Association Test that can tap into our implicit feelings about race. What happens when people take it?
Tele(phone)kinesis
In a scene straight out of science fiction, a student in Washington lifted another student’s hand—with a thought.
Kicking Back, Gladiator Style
Gladiators drank a concoction of vinegar and ashes to stay bulky for battle.
Psy-Q: What Does The Prisoner’s Dilemma have to do with Greenhouse Gases?
Game theory tells us that climate deals are doomed to failure.
Humans and Neanderthals: History Revealed in an Ancient Femur
Recent findings narrow the period in which both Neanderthals and modern humans existed together.
“It’s the psychology, stupid.” What really decides elections?
The "rational choice" model alone doesn't account for voting behavior. So what does?
Psy-Q: The Psychology Behind Our Fear of Ebola
Welcome to the first of a new weekly column, Psy-Q, which delves into the JSTOR archives to give ...