FeaturedOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 25, 2017·6 min read‘Psychology Vaccine’ Could Help Immunize Public Against Fake News on Climate ChangeWhile misinformation can cancel our accurate statements about climate change, researchers report that delivering a 'vaccine, or preemptive exposure, to fragments of misinformation may cancel out the negative false news and help preserve the facts.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·November 25, 2016·3 min readIs Santa Claus Really Coming to Town?A new study suggests maintaining a myth may be damaging to a child.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 4, 2016·6 min readIlluminating Lies with Brain Scan Outshines Polygraph TestA new study confirms that scanning a person's brain with an fMRI is more accurate at picking up lies than a traditional polygraph test.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 25, 2016·3 min readHow Lying Takes Our Brains Down a ‘Slippery Slope’Researchers report amygdala activity declines when the magnitude of an untruth escalates.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 9, 2016·5 min readWould We Lie To You? Children’s Perceptions Get More Nuanced With AgeA new study as children get older, their moral evaluations of both lies and truths is increasingly influenced by whether they think this behavior will cause harm to either others or themselves.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 6, 2015·4 min readUnderstanding Thoughts of Others Enables Kids to LieChildren who are taught to reason about the mental states of others are more likely to use deception to obtain a reward, researchers report.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·October 11, 2013·3 min readPhysical Attractiveness Impacts One’s MemoryResearchers discover the attractiveness of others can impact how much we lie and the extent to which others believe those misrepresentations of the truth.Read More