By Ray Williams May 13, 2021 Researchers at Edge Hill University in England have helped identify personality traits which make people more (or less) susceptible to persuasion than others. Senior Lecturer in Psychology Helen Wall and colleagues Linda Kaye and Andy Levy...
By Ray Williams May 3, 2021 A study links workplace bullying to negative health outcomes for employees, including increases in long-term sick leave and prescriptions for antidepressants. Rather than relying on physical threats or violence, workplace bullies are...
By Ray Williams May 10, 2021 Picking a leader should be about assessing the experience and skills an individual can bring to the table, but a new study finds that getting ahead may be easier for people with the right facial features. In a study published in The...
By Ray Williams May 10, 2021 When people are shown photos of politicians they’re not familiar with, they can make better-than-chance judgments about whether those politicians have been convicted of corruption, according to research published in Psychological...
By Ray Williams May 10, 2021 People who live or think they live in a more economically unequal society may be more supportive of a strong, even autocratic leader, a large-scale international study shows. Some experts have argued that a sizable amount of support for...
By Ray Williams May 3, 2021 Lying and deception are common human behaviors. Until relatively recently, there has been little actual research into just how often people lie. A 2004 Reader’s Digest poll found that as many as 96% of people admit to lying at least...
