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Is banning bossy enough to enact real social change? Celebrity activism and the “Ban Bossy” campaign

... behind bossy and leadership on Twitter with #banbossy. Don’t be afraid to speak your mind and share what you think of the campaign. ... / more

Grasping the grounded nature of mental simulation

... proceed through the same set of behaviors. However, you don’t consciously think about these behaviors, such as reaching for your fork ... for most of us isn’t the most enjoyable experience. If you don’t imagine the experience, it’s bad, but not awful. However, if you ... / more

The year the journals changed

... that you’ve chosen a sample of people whose answers don’t reflect how everyone else would answer. So imagine you ask 100 ... / more

Free will without metaphysics

... wisdom regarding people’s concept of free will. People don’t mention souls, dualism, or many of the other philosophical issues that ... / more

Pre-registration watch part 1: Detecting deception

... know that a liar is not to be trusted (even though they don’t know that they are being lied to)? And can we, as researchers, measure ... / more

Can music create intercultural understanding? According to Madonna (and psychological research), it can!

... cues that inform us about significant values of people we don’t know enable us to forge connections. Music is an important example of ... / more

Would One Direction be as popular if we got to re-run the world?

... more participants join. What could have happened? Well, we don’t know quite know, but here is a plausible scenario. You join the group right after the inversion (you don’t know this though). You check out the top ranked song. It is kinda ... / more

Learning from our dreams

... in our behavior after waking up. And the truth is, we still don’t know the answers to those questions. Dreams are one of the great ... / more

Bullying in the workplace

... bureaucracies are anti-progress by nature and bureaucrats don’t like change. They are financed by taxpayers’ money and can care less ... / more

Keeping the spark alive: The role of sexual communal motivation

... as long as there is mutual responsiveness and partners don’t lose sight of their own needs in the process. References ... / more