Freeing Britney requires reconsidering how society thinks about decision-making capacity

Conservatorships significantly restrict people’s ability to make decisions for themselves. Other options can provide support while maintaining respect for autonomy.

Elyn Saks, Professor of Law, Psychology, and Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences, University of Southern California • conversation
July 30, 2021 ~8 min

Science denial: Why it happens and 5 things you can do about it

Science denial is not new, but researchers have learned a lot about it. Here's why it exists, how everyone is susceptible to it in one way or another and steps to take to overcome it.

Gale Sinatra, Professor of Education and Psychology, University of Southern California • conversation
June 29, 2021 ~9 min


Group-think: what it is and how to avoid it

What is group-think and what does scientific research tells us about how to avoid it?

Colin Fisher, Associate Professor of Organisations and Innovation, UCL • conversation
May 27, 2021 ~7 min

To what extent are we ruled by unconscious forces?

Decades of research gives insight into how free our choices really are.

Magda Osman, Reader in Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
May 26, 2021 ~14 min

To what extent are we are ruled by unconscious forces?

Decades of research gives insight into how free our choices really are.

Magda Osman, Reader in Experimental Psychology, Queen Mary University of London • conversation
May 26, 2021 ~14 min

Context influences the decisions you make – whether you're a homebuyer, a juror or a physician

Cognitive scientists are investigating the ways relative factors like new options and the order they're presented influence your choices and beliefs.

Jennifer Trueblood, Associate Professor of Psychology, Vanderbilt University • conversation
March 19, 2021 ~8 min

Curious Kids: how does our brain know to make immediate decisions?

Our brains have two ways of thinking and making decisions: fast and slow.

Nicola Power, Lecturer in Psychology, Lancaster University • conversation
Feb. 23, 2021 ~5 min

Should I stay or should I go? Here are the relationship factors people ponder when deciding whether to break up

People have plenty of individual reasons to stick with or end a romantic relationship. But researchers have identified some common themes that influence this big decision.

Gary W. Lewandowski Jr., Professor of Psychology, Monmouth University • conversation
Feb. 12, 2021 ~8 min


Your brain's built-in biases insulate your beliefs from contradictory facts

Cognitive shortcuts help you efficiently move through a complicated world. But they come with an unwelcome side effect: Facts aren't necessarily enough to change your mind.

Jay Maddock, Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University • conversation
Dec. 1, 2020 ~8 min

American society teaches everyone to be racist – but you can rewrite subconscious stereotypes

If you’re American – regardless of the color of your skin – racism structures how you think. Changing the system should change these implicit biases.

R. Nathan Pipitone, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Florida Gulf Coast University • conversation
Sept. 17, 2020 ~10 min

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