Zimbardo and his colleagues clearly played a much more active role in the shocking events in the prison study than previously claimed. By Christian Jarrett
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By Christian Jarrett. Deep down, are we wired to be bad, blinkered, idle, vain, vengeful and selfish?

By Christian Jarrett In a sense we’re all amateur psychologists – we’ve got our own first-hand experience at being human,…
Our pick of this week’s 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Why We (and My Mum) Are So Glad The…
Updated for November 2015, here are the 100 most followed psychologists and neuroscientists on Twitter based on follower counts recorded…
Zimbardo speaking in ’09 By Christian Jarrett Conducted in 1971, the Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE) has acquired a mythical status…

By Christian Jarrett Controversy is essential to scientific progress. As Richard Feynman said, “science is the belief in the ignorance…
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Our round-up of the latest juicy tit-bits in psychology: “What happened in the basement of the psych building 40 years…
Our round-up of the latest juicy tit-bits from the world of psychology: The Greenfield saga continues. Recall that Baroness Susan…