Danish veterinarians are a little squeamish about working on dead animals - instead of encouraging them to find other careers, the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen is…

Modern culture is always trying to find new ways to catch bad guys more scientifically but as psychology has fallen in credibility, so has one of its more successful methods; profiling. It isn't a…

A sociology paper claims that binge-drinking college students are having a much better time in school than their non-binge-drinking counterparts. Binge drinking may be popular on campuses not simply…

Urban legend says that alcohol is a social icebreaker - and we want to believe, given our preference for commercials where impossibly attractive young people converge on some beach and all have a…

Most people claim they don't make judgments about people based on appearance, and most people who say that are lying.  'First impressions' became a term for a reason. Everyone knows appearance…

In the last year, I've had the occasion to review several books that deal with the unconscious mind. Each author has had an interesting take on the same material, and it's been illuminating to see…

Husbands and wives express love differently in marriage, according to a new study.  Looking at survey results collected at four time points over 13 years of marriage, researchers ("Do Men and…

Afraid of flying?  Maybe there is something to that.  Dogs?  Okay.  But fear of buttons?  Puh-leeeze. The phobia business - legitimizing irrational quirks - has become Big…

It's American election season and that means it is time for psychologists to introduce racism again - not whether you are racist, but how much. Well, only white people are, said a talk at the Annual…

We can't complain that children don't know how to think and act like adults if we homogenize the way children behave...but criminologists wish you would.   If you don't, they could be drug…