Psychology News Round-Up (May 22nd)
By Erika Salomon
- This week on the blog, Calvin Lai described the results of a contest to reduce implicit bias: “The most effective interventions were highly emotional, highly vivid, and highly self-relevant.”
- For Gray Matter at the New York Times, Erez Yoeli, Syon Bhanot, Gordon Kraft-Todd and David Rand write about how to get people to pitch in to solve cooperative problems—such as the drought in California—and why social interventions often work better than alternatives.
- Last December, a study on how social contact makes lasting change in people’s attitudes towards gay marriage made headlines. On Tuesday, Donald Green, co-author of the paper, asked Science to retract the paper following concerns raised by David Brockman, Joshua Kalla, and Peter Aronow. This story has been covered in several outlets, including Vox, This American Life, and Buzzfeed. Green gave an interview with Jesse Singal for The Science of Us. A statement from the lead author, Michael LaCour is forthcoming.
Idea generating article about affective science in #cancer control. I love the merging of social psych and #Oncology http://t.co/ypoSAdQXHW
— Lisa Jaremka (@LisaJaremka) May 21, 2015
The Power of Hope. Awesome writeup by @NickKristof on @poverty_action's ultra-poor graduation evaluations: http://t.co/O0NK9sq8Jg
— Dean Karlan (@deankarlan) May 21, 2015
The Must-Have Effect: When an Upgrade is Available, People Tend to Break What They'd Like to Replace http://t.co/BEdvpy4mTh
— Francesca Gino (@francescagino) May 19, 2015
Sugar on the Brain. The glucose theory is simplistic and implausible http://t.co/rDjM4uNRha via @newyorker
— Jean Decety (@Decety) May 19, 2015
short video explaining the science behind my nytimes oped w/ @Proph_E @spbhanot @David_G_Rand https://t.co/J5OoG8VNbB
— Gordon Kraft-Todd (@GordonKraftTodd) May 17, 2015
How Scientists Debunked the Biggest Anti-Gay-Marriage Study http://t.co/sEEjLprU9b via @thescienceofus
— Kevin Cokley, Ph.D. (@KevinCokley1) May 19, 2015
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