Dunning, co-discoverer of the Dunning-Kruger effect, investigates the misinformation gap built into our brains: We don’t know what we don’t know.
Kristin Pauker: The Fight for Fairness
Everyone is biased, she says; it's built into the way we experience the world. But that doesn't mean that we are slaves to our instincts.
Everyone is biased, she says; it’s built into the way we experience the world. But that doesn’t mean that we are slaves to our instincts.
D. Watkins and Nia Johnson: Not Just Surviving, but Thriving
There's often a vast chasm between people's moral aspirations and the things they need to do just to survive in a brutal world.
There’s often a vast chasm between people’s moral aspirations and the things they need to do just to survive in a brutal world.
Science for Peace
In tumultuous times, science diplomacy can help keep the world stable — if we let it.
In tumultuous times, science diplomacy can help keep the world stable — if we let it.
Weaponized Empathy
The impulse to look out for other people can be hijacked to spread confusion and misinformation.
The impulse to look out for other people can be hijacked to spread confusion and misinformation.
Cultural Synesthesia
An intermingling of the senses creates not just a different way of perceiving the world, but a window into your past, like psychological amber.
An intermingling of the senses creates not just a different way of perceiving the world, but a window into your past, like psychological amber.
Not in Your Head
Doctors sometimes dismiss physically sick patients with psychiatric diagnoses, entering errors into medical records that impede real treatment for years. Here’s how to protect yourself.
Doctors sometimes dismiss physically sick patients with psychiatric diagnoses, entering errors into medical records that impede real treatment for years. Here’s how to protect yourself.
The Same Sky, Differently
An astronomer finds common ground with an astrology buff, as both search for meaning in the complex motions of the heavens.
An astronomer finds common ground with an astrology buff, as both search for meaning in the complex motions of the heavens.
Anti-Trans Myths
How a political movement manufactured scientific misinformation and legitimized hate.
How a political movement manufactured scientific misinformation and legitimized hate.
Moral Imagination
We constantly adjust our moral values based on our ideas about the world. That can be a tool for kindness, cruelty—or just for survival.
We constantly adjust our moral values based on our ideas about the world. That can be a tool for kindness, cruelty—or just for survival.
When Your Psychologist Is an AI
Amid a shortage of mental health providers, people are turning to chatbots for support. But is their advice trustworthy and safe?
Amid a shortage of mental health providers, people are turning to chatbots for support. But is their advice trustworthy and safe?
Beyond Bias
We all have bias embedded in our brains, but there are ways we can move past it. New findings from psychology show us how.
We all have bias embedded in our brains, but there are ways we can move past it. New findings from psychology show us how.
TikTok: What Race Reveals About Biased Attitudes
How anti-Black bias plays out in the first-person shooter task
How anti-Black bias plays out in the first-person shooter task
Polluted Minds
Airborne toxins can increase our risk for cognitive disability and disease. The science of exposomics is helping to identify effective responses.
Airborne toxins can increase our risk for cognitive disability and disease. The science of exposomics is helping to identify effective responses.
The Processed Food Fight
Some researchers are targeting artificial foods as a leading public health problem. As with so many dietary issues, though, the evidence tells a more nuanced tale.
Some researchers are targeting artificial foods as a leading public health problem. As with so many dietary issues, though, the evidence tells a more nuanced tale.
TikTok: There Is a Chemical Assault on Your Brain
The powerful link between pollution and Alzheimer's disease
The powerful link between pollution and Alzheimer’s disease