Category: Politics

For a modest personality trait, ‘intellectual humility’ packs a punch

From the Duke University press release: “Intellectual humility” has been something of a wallflower among personality traits, receiving far less scholarly attention than such brash qualities as egotism or hostility…. Read more »

Information avoidance: From health to politics, people select their own reality

From the Carnegie Mellon University press release: We live in an unprecedented “age of information.” Dieters have access to nutritional information, people at risk of genetic disease can undergo cutting-edge… Read more »

Employers need to do more to encourage staff to switch off at home

From the British Psychological Society (BPS) media release: Less than half of UK businesses and organisations provide employees with guidance on how to switch off from work when they go… Read more »

Students have trouble judging the credibility of information online, researchers find

From the Stanford University media release: When it comes to evaluating information that flows across social channels or pops up in a Google search, young and otherwise digital-savvy students can easily… Read more »

School principals shape students’ values via school climate

From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Over time, students’ personal values become more similar to those of their school principal, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal… Read more »

Study supports do not sell voluntary waiting period for gun sales to reduce suicide

From the University of Alabama at Birmingham media release: A new study suggests many patients at risk for suicide would voluntarily place their name on a Do Not Sell list, prohibiting… Read more »

Game theory research reveals fragility of common resources

From the Purdue University media release: New research in game theory shows that people are naturally predisposed to over-use “common-pool resources” such as transportation systems and fisheries even if it risks… Read more »

Summer learning programs can benefit low-income students, study finds

From the RAND Corporation media release: Elementary school students with high levels of attendance in voluntary summer learning programs — defined as at least 20 days of a five- to six-week… Read more »