Once maligned by philosophers, metaphors are a key communication tool for extending the power of literal speech ...

We used an electric-shock dilemma to test the strength of people’s moral principles when faced with real-world complexities ...

A lifetime of pleasure and pain, beauty and misery, collapsed into a single scene in this sprawling animated artwork ...

Psychology studies cast doubt on old assumptions about legal objectivity. Lawyers and laypeople alike should take notice ...

Our typical responses to cute things might seem cheery and unserious, but they signal something vital about us ...

is a psychologist and personality researcher at Witten/Herdecke University in Germany. His work focuses on motivated (self-)perception, specifically examining individual differences in self-knowledge ...

is a recent graduate from the University of Cambridge in human, social and political sciences.

is completing an MPhil in philosophy at the University of Sydney in Australia. His research considers how equality and inequality are reflected in everyday interactions between people.

Family lore smashes into reality in this clever, cutting short about a little girl’s take on her grandparents’ grand love ...

is a postdoctoral researcher in social psychology at the University of Basel in Switzerland, researching social interactions, ostracism, and social media processes.