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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Alex Haslam: “The invitation to design the ‘most important experiment that’s never been done’ is an interesting one, but one…
By Christian Jarrett. Deep down, are we wired to be bad, blinkered, idle, vain, vengeful and selfish?
An analysis of 24 leading textbooks has found that many present a biased account of key research areas, and propagate known myths. By Christian Jarrett
By Christian Jarrett In a sense we’re all amateur psychologists – we’ve got our own first-hand experience at being human,…
Updated for November 2015, here are the 100 most followed psychologists and neuroscientists on Twitter based on follower counts recorded…
Some classic psychology experiments, known and discussed far beyond the discipline, have become modern-day myths. Accounts of what happened are…
Our pick of this week’s 10 best psychology and neuroscience links: Why We (and My Mum) Are So Glad The…
One of the pairs of cards used in Asch’s 1950s research. Image from Wikipedia. Like Zimbardo’s prison study and Milgram’s…
By Christian Jarrett Controversy is essential to scientific progress. As Richard Feynman said, “science is the belief in the ignorance…
