Press Coverage
Selected media coverage featuring our research and discoveries
Belief in God has been overwhelmingly linked with this specific behavior
Plain, C., The DebriefAugust 9, 2024
View Original ArticleStudy on Black Lives Matter protests provides insight into the link between coalitional affiliation and moral elevation
Dolan, E. W., PsyPostMay 26, 2023
View Original ArticleEver feel your skin crawling? Maybe you can thank evolution
Imbler, S., The New York TimesJuly 27, 2021
View Original ArticleDo not read this at lunch: Scientists teased out a new dimension of disgust by showing people gross videos of rotting meat, bugs, and other very unappetizing prospects
Wu, K. J., The AtlanticJuly 27, 2021
View Original ArticleSocial scientists discover a dangerous truth about American politics hidden in new COVID-19 data
Coffey, R., ForbesJuly 8, 2021
View Original ArticleAmerica's partisan fireworks will be hard for anyone to put out
Brownstein, R., CNNJuly 6, 2021
View Original ArticleColin Holbrook: Threat, And Human-Robot Interaction (Part 1)
Lopes, R., The DissenterJune 22, 2020Science Podcast Interview
View Original PodcastWhen the mask you're wearing 'Tastes Like Socialism'
Edsall, T., The New York TimesMay 20, 2020
View Original ArticleWould you help a stranger? UCLA to study why people are kind or not
Free, C., The Washington PostOctober 30, 2019
View Original ArticleNegativity bias: Why conservatives are more swayed by threats than liberals
Gjersoe, N., The GuardianMay 26, 2017
View Original ArticleAre conservatives more scared of stuff than liberals?
Singal, J., New York MagazineFebruary 3, 2017
View Original ArticleWhy conservatives are more likely than liberals to believe false information about threats
Healy, M., The Los Angeles TimesFebruary 2, 2017
View Original ArticleWhy fake news targeted Trump supporters
Khazan, O., The AtlanticFebruary 2, 2017
View Original ArticleScientists find you can reduce peoples' belief in God by directing magnetic energy into the brain
Horton, H., The TelegraphOctober 16, 2015
View Original ArticleNew study confirms depressing truth about names and racial bias
Howard, J., Huffington PostOctober 8, 2015
View Original ArticleCan a person's name influence racial bias?
Olney, W., National Public RadioOctober 7, 2015
View Original InterviewMen and violence: Sizing up how men size up one another
Mohan, G., The Los Angeles TimesOctober 9, 2014
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