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Political convictions emerge from the gut

... and author of the New York Times bestseller  The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion , argues that ... G. L. (2003). Party over policy: The dominating impact of group influence on political beliefs. Journal of personality and social ... / more

Being rational and emotional are not (necessarily) contradictions

... maximizing income), but they may also help further moral, group- (as opposed to self-) related, or long-term agendas. For example, when ... will likely follow the goal that is easiest to bring to mind at the moment ( Skitka , 2003 ). For example, one potentially ... / more

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

... identity research on leadership indicates that when a group is important to a person, they care more that the leader best represents ... encourage young women, and women of all ages, to speak their mind, to assert themselves, and not to be afraid to step into leadership roles; ... / more

Judging a book by its cover: Prior knowledge determines the effect of embodied cues.

... are tightly coupled to each other, so that when one comes to mind, the other is likely to follow. Just as the experience of physical weight ... in important ways from people who do not. Perhaps this group was simply smarter or more observant and realized that the books ... / more

Word of mouth: How our tongue shapes our preferences, and why you should eat popcorn in the cinema

... research has identified how branding hacks into your mind and how you can prevent this. Think of the last time you interacted ... asked participants to do one of the following tasks. One group of participants should knead a ball with their left hand during reading ... / more

Manipulating the body, measuring the body, and tinkering in the name of Psychology

... past years. The idea of embodiment is that the way our mind works is deeply rooted in the way our body works. In particular, one of ... found that when a person is excluded socially from a group, their finger temperature drops somewhat. They used a very precise ... / more

Who gives a Tweet? Fandom, social identity, and why people take to Twitter

... that Twitter serves an important identity function for group members. While the common conception regarding Twitter is that its ... members in your group? With this group mentality in mind it is no surprise why Cavalier fans were so invested in LeBron’s career ... / more

Becoming superhuman: Is it all in your mind?

... meditation techniquesthat he has used to train his body and mind to remain calm and comfortable even with a risk of imminent organ failure ... experiment published earlier this year, Hof trained a group of young men in Poland on his techniques.  At the end of only 10 days, ... / more

Children are poor witnesses. Or are they?

... were then assigned to different groups among which one group overheard an adult conversation about why the trick failed and how the ... E. F. (2005). Planting misinformation in the human mind: A 30-year investigation of the malleability of memory . Learning & ... / more

Empowering cartoonists, deterring killers, protecting bystanders: Can psychology contribute?

... time, we are professionally interested as psychologists of group conflict in this terrorist attack and its aftermath. Taking the point of ... narrower definition of the enemy here. Logically, as In Mind readers will already be aware, it is the case that even though very many ... / more