Two experts in political rhetoric explain how one candidate has used rhetorical devices like framing and ‘argumentum in terrorem’ to stoke fear and attract voters since the Orlando nightclub shooting.
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Not everyone can weave a gripping tale. But for one gender, it matters more than the other.
How do rational people get sucked into believing conspiracies? According to research, we’re more susceptible than you’d think.
No one is only their sex or only their race or only their sexual orientation. Social psychologists are starting to investigate how people of multiple minority groups are perceived.
Research shows that women are especially drawn to gay men in certain contexts.
New research highlights how the pain of a breakup can linger for years.
Evolutionary psychology explains how humans evolved to become gossips.
Learning about a friend’s suicide attempt appears to transform a distant idea into something very real. Should this change the way we talk about suicide?
A one-year-old White House team is trying to transform policymaking through a better understanding of how and why people act as they do.
Birth order offers an intuitively appealing explanation for the perplexing differences between us and our siblings. Only problem is, it’s a myth.
Parents and politicians once feared heavy metal music would inspire devil worship, reckless sex and rampant drug use. A new study investigates what became of young metal fans.
No matter whether it’s targets or quotas, “merit” is always held up as the stalwart gold standard. But can we judge merit without bias? And is merit really the right measure for ability anyway?
Learning about social psychology can make you more liberal. I know this because it is exactly what happened to me.
Why are atheists deemed as untrustworthy as rapists?
A new study rejoices at being able to predict crowd movements and size with phone data. But those methods won’t keep us safe.
Public shaming has a long history and has now gone online through social media. But shame can also be a powerful force to encourage positive behavioural change.
Studies show that the more familiar we become with false information, the more likely we are to later remember it as fact.
The announcement Monday evening in the US that there would be no charges against a policeman over the shooting of a teenager is puzzling and already the target of critique. It’s not just the decision itself…
This is the first article in a series, How we make decisions, which explores our decision-making processes. How well do we consider all factors involved in a decision, and what helps and what holds us…
Halloween is upon us tonight and it’s all just a bit of harmless fun, right? Or is there truly a dark side to Halloween? What should we make of kids getting together in groups, wearing costumes that hide…
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