Psychological experiments are a great way to gain insights into human behaviour. While many have been repeated, some cannot be conducted today due to ethical concerns. Regardless, their impact on ...

A new translation of a 2018 book by French science historian Thibault Le Texier challenges the claims of one of psychology's ...

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A robot capable of dynamically adjusting the flexibility of its neck has been developed and implemented to mimic the motion ...

Both intuition and past research suggest that whether people deem someone trustworthy depends on that person's past behavior and reputation for betrayal. In a series of experiments, psychologists ...

Scientists have demonstrated that atoms can exhibit wave-like behavior, challenging long-held assumptions that experiments of this nature were impossible and opening new doors in quantum physics.

Next, when the animal’s choice behavior reveals the option that is preferred or avoided in the experiment, the scientist can move on to ask how strong its behavioral preference is. Such tests ...