Before becoming the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski underwent intense psychological experiments at Harvard. Experts question if these studies influenced his bombing spree.

The scientific study of both internal mental processes and observable behavior is known as psychology. It explains activities ...

A recent experiment conducted in the Milan subway system suggests that the presence of a costumed superhero can significantly ...

An unfortunate feature of science is that two experiments that are ostensibly looking at the same thing can produce different results. Often, the different results are greeted, unhelpfully, with the ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: RichVintage/Getty Images Psychology is a relatively young science. The first person to ...

Daniel Coyle describes how Carol Dweck, in her ongoing quest to advance student potential, set out to test and explore student academic and social potential.

An examination of nearly 350 published psychological experiments found that nearly half failed to show that they were based on a valid foundation of empirical evidence, suggesting that a wide swath of ...

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have developed an artificial intelligence model that can simulate human behavior with remarkable accuracy. The language model, called Centaur, was trained on more than ...

"Preemptive constructs" are mental structures that favor a particular explanation over others. Used by lay person and scientist alike, they can be self-serving, or biased in other ways. A sports fan ...

Walking up the library steps, through the campus center tunnel, or into the psychology building, students see a familiar sight -- posters seeking test subjects for experiments. Phrases like "Earn $20" ...

One of the most infamous psychology experiments ever conducted involved a carefully planned form of child abuse. The study rested on a simple scheme that would never get approved or funded today. In ...

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