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...
By Ray Williams April 26, 2021 Violence in America is a daily occurrence. And part of that violence involves the police as we have seen in the George Floyd killing by a police officer. There have been too many lives lost to police killings. And in particular,...
By Ray Williams April 26, 2021 People who believe in oneness — the idea that everything in the world is connected and interdependent — appear to have greater life satisfaction than those who don’t, regardless of whether they belong to a religion or don’t, according to...
By Ray Williams April 26, 2021 Are you a more creative or analytical thinker? Analytical thinkers are particularly good at solving clear-cut problems by methodically working through the possibilities. Creative thinkers are more likely to have flashes of...
