In-Mind search

Only searching for a plane? What the disappearance of Flight MH 370 reveals about the human need for meaning and certainty

... resources needed for the search an interesting theoretical question is, why didn’t officials choose to end the search? Would it be ... members of those on board, the media, officials leading the search, the public—need to know what happened, they have a need ... / more

Children are poor witnesses. Or are they?

... the legal field (e.g., Loftus, 2005). The underlying question was whether and under which circumstances children are capable of ... happened led to the most accurate responses, whereas (mis)leading questions merely elicited conformal answers (Binet, 1900). In ... / more

Girls will be girls, boys will be bossy

... comes in. The word bossy describes a person who is leading in a way that lacks warmth and likeability. Given that competent ... as more strongly linked to unpromotability if the person in question was a woman. So should we ban bossy? This new research ... / more

A junior researcher's practical take on the why and how of open science.

... and, importantly, is open to change. Of course the question remains: how can junior researchers, with minimal power and ... very readable history here.) Today governments and leading psychological organizations continue to recognize that materials and ... / more

The cross-cultural psychology of Internet privacy concern

... ( Thomson, Yuki, & Ito, 2015 ), published recently in a leading academic journal, Computers in Human Behavior , we argue that this ... policies change and laws can fail. We have to ask the question: How do people deal with this uncertainty? This is where we ... / more

Yielding to temptation: How and why some people are better at controlling themselves

... were less likely to balance these conflicts in an ideal way, leading to worse mood and decreased overall life satisfaction.    So, ... them at the moment of temptation ? This begs the question of whether it is possible to enhance self-control by ... / more

Refugees work placement: Call for collaboration

... over 130.000 vacancies in the second quarter of 2015, the leading Dutch Employer’s organization,  VNO-NCW , started ... . But that needs to be done under right conditions. The question then becomes: How can we ensure that these people are matched to ... / more

Are Perceptions of Election “Rigging” Racialized?

... increased the salience of race in the context of elections, leading White Americans to make judgments about the fairness of recent ... thought the election was, we looked at answers to a question asked in the weeks after Election Day: “In some countries, ... / more

Asking Children to Talk About Abuse: Can Research Help Improve Police Interviewer Skills?

... prosecutors later dropped all charges but one important question remained – what caused so many children to report these apparently ... should be postponed as long as possible and suggestive or leading questions (e.g., “Did he hit you?”) avoided completely. Prior to ... / more

The Face of Leadership: How CEOs’ Facial Appearance Predicts Business Success

... leaders’ faces predicted how successful they were in leading their company to financial gain.   Is your face your ... corporations are men (Oakley, 2000). This leaves open the question of whether the faces of female leaders might also provide clues to ... / more