From storm psychology to politics to the neuroscience of choking, read some of the latest stories in the news from personality and social psychologists: fear...

Politics have been in the limelight, with personality and social psychologists weighing in on everything from America's moral divide and subliminal influences on voting preferences...

From why people stay behind in storms  and  personality and behavioral differences between conservatives and liberals to  the moral decline in the words we use...

From why athletes choke to the power of superstitions, psychology plays a big role in athletics. In time for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London,...

Stop bullying the social sciences, writes Timothy Wilson of the University of Virginia in the Los Angeles Times today . He discusses the challenges facing...

Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to ban life imprisonment without parole for young homicide offenders. This decision comes as social scientists and others debate...

Paradoxically, people's fundamental need to believe that the world is a fair place often leads them to blame victims rather than to prosecute the offenders....

The feeling of belonging is powerful factor in how people cope with stress and in overall well-being. Greg Walton of Stanford University and colleagues have...

The State of Oregon recently announced that its public schools are no longer allowed to use Native American nicknames and mascots. While some say such...

Organic foods change the way we judge other people, according to a new study just published online in Social Psychological and Personality Science . In...

From why white evaluators may go easier on minority students , to social media and loneliness , to the link between smaller families and smarter...

Feminizing women who are good at math and science may actually demotivate girls to pursue those fields, according to a new study. Reporting this month...

Brain scans may be able to predict future weight gain, according to a new study . Researchers looked at brain activity of people while looking at...

Watching about 300 cars at a busy intersection in the San Francisco Bay area, researchers ranked each driver's class on a scale of one to...

If you watch the Arizona Republican Primary debate tonight, you may see a candidate dodge a question or two. Whether or not you notice the...

A treatable STD is scarier than fatal flu  (LiveScience), having more than 354 Facebook friends could hurt your self-esteem  (Men's Health), and people pleasers are...

As the federal government plans to improve nutrition in school lunchrooms, it's important to look at what works, and what doesn't, says Brian Wansink of...

Facebook users can spread emotions to their online connections just by posting a written message, or status update, that’s positive or negative, according to social psychologist Adam...

Keep up-to-date with the latest press coverage from the SPSP Annual Meeting in San Diego. Bookmark SPSP 2012 In the News .

SPSP Annual Meeting news update: Roy Baumeister of Florida State University was on KPBS-San Diego today talking about willpower research he will be presenting in...

You can really taste the love that goes into mom's homemade pie, according to new research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science (SPPS). A...

People perceived fair trade chocolate as lower in calories than other chocolate, according to a new study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science ....

Personality psychologist Paul Silvia of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro discusses why some people get chills from listening to certain music, on the NPR...

SPSP Past-President Jennifer Crocker of Ohio State University and M. Lynne Cooper the University of Missouri discuss ways to prevent scientific fraud and better the...

SPSP Past President Jennifer Crocker discusses the slippery road to fraud in the latest Nature , in the wake of the Diederik Stapel fraud case....

Research out of Michigan State University , led by social psychologist Linda Jackson, linked playing video games to greater creativity among both boys and girls,...

The Occupy Wall Street movement comes three years after the the US financial meltdown. The lagtime could, in part, be because of people's need to...

The color of a hockey player's uniform may affect how much time the player spends in the penalty box, according to a new study published...

Do you think the economy is going to improve soon? The answer to that question could reveal much about not only your temperament but also...

The traditional police line-up for identifying suspected criminals may lead to false identification, according to a new study by the American Judicature Society . Instead...

Knowing a co-worker's sexual orientation may improve workplace performance, according to researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles . In two experiments, Benjamin Everly,...

A well-known Dutch social psychologist has admitted to fabricating some of the data in his research. On Sep. 7, Tilburg University announced that the scientist,...

Roxane Cohen Silver, a social psychologist at the University of California, Irvine, talked on NPR's Science Friday on Sep. 9 about the psychological effects of...

A study published online in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin suggests that people will eat a snack out of habit while watching TV or...