Collaborate Disseminate
For over half a century the field of social psychology has been dominated by the idea of the bystander effect. This phenomenon suggests when scenes of aggression or violence unfold in public spaces individuals not involved are unlikely to off… Continue reading Disproving the bystander effect: CCTV study finds people intervene in conflict more than expected
Taking Advantage of Our Tendency to Simplify
There’s an old joke floating around the Internet that claims NASA, upon discovering that standard ballpoint pens would not work in space, invested millions of dollars and years of R&D. The re… Continue reading Brain-Hacking Part 2: Ain’t Nobody Got Time for That!
You are affected by social engineering tactics every day.
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The tidying expert’s new Netflix show has drawn breathless attention. Continue reading The Psychology of Our Love for Marie Kondo and ‘Organization Porn’
New research from Michigan State University examining the behavior that leads someone to fall victim to cybercrime reveals that impulse online shopping, downloading music and compulsive email use are all signs of a certain personality trait that make y… Continue reading Impulsive personalities most likely to fall victim to cybercrime, research shows
Technology is getting more adept at tracking our moves and anticipating our choices, and being watched all the time can make us feel anxious. Continue reading What Constant Surveillance Does to Your Brain
Humans clearly have advanced mental abilities compared to other animals on Earth. Laurie Santos wants to know what makes us special. Continue reading What Monkeys and ‘Dognition’ Can Teach Us About the Human Brain
Anil Seth, a neuroscientist and director of the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science at the University of Sussex, researches the biological basis of the otherwise ethereal topic of consciousness. Continue reading Reality Is Just a Bunch of Hallucinations We Collectively Agree On
We are swimming in radio transmissions from all around, and if you live above the ground floor, they are coming at you from below as well. Humans do not have a sensory organ for recognizing radio signals, but we have lots of hardware which can make sense of it. The chances are good that you are looking at one such device right now. [Frank Swain] has leaped from merely accepting the omnipresent signals from WiFi routers and portable devices to listening in on them. The audio signals are mere soundwaves, so he is not listening to every tweet and email …read more
Axel Cleeremans, a psychologist and researcher, has spent the last 30 years trying to figure it out. Continue reading Scientists Still Don’t Totally Understand What It Means to Be Conscious