The Daddy Chronicles: What Happened To My Testosterone?

Zoë at two weeks I'm not sure how many of you know this, but on March 19th of this year I became a new daddy. It's hard to describe ...

SWAG: Video Games and Violence

wikipedia.org Every Wednesday afternoon, I gather with a bunch of faculty and graduate students at the University of Illinois to discuss a j...

PYM Enters the Terrible Twos!

Two years ago today, this blog was born. Thanks to you, PYM readers, this once tiny blog venture has been an overwhelming success--both in t...

Have Your Cake and Eat It Too! Practical Reform in Social Psychology

The cake we can (1) have, and (2) eat! If you have been following recent headlines in the social sciences then you are aware that the field ...

4 Ways to Boost Gratitude on Valentine's Day

Today's post is the second in a two-part series on Gratitude. Yesterday I discussed research I've done on how gratitude helps us ho...

To Have and To Thank: Gratitude Helps us Hold onto our Relationships

I n honor of St. Valentine, today's post is the first in a two-part series on why gratitude may be a key ingredient in successful relati...

SWAG: The World is ending and that's unfair!

www.earthtimes.org Every Wednesday afternoon, I gather with a bunch of faculty and graduate students at the University of Illinois to discus...

SPSP 2013: How to Get Your Message Across

The team at Psych-Your-Mind is at the annual meeting for the Society of Personality and Social Psychology in New Orleans, LA bringing you th...

PYM: Holiday Edition

Looking for your perfect holiday? The holidays are upon us, which can mean family, fun, food, and cheer. But also, stress, anxiety, conflict...

Friday Fun: My Favorites of 2012!

Hello again PYM readers! The end of 2012 marks the end of our second year as a psychology research blog (the first full year). I feel like a...

Friday Fun: Psychology at the Movies III

www.imdb.com It's been a few months since we last discussed movies on PYM. Since my spouse and I moved to Chambana, we have had a lot of...

Another Lay Theory of Success in Graduate School

source My first semester as a member of the faculty at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (referred to affectionately as Chambana...

Why don't people evacuate before storms?

source As a Manhattan resident, this past week my life has been dominated by one event: Hurricane Sandy. Fortunately, unlike torna...

The power of image: Does TV influence our view of the presidential candidates?

A family mesmerized by JFK during the first televised debate In 1960, John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon engaged in the first televised presi...

Obama or Romney? Leave the decision to your parents!

Tell your parents that obedience  is overrated! (source) Whenever I teach a group of undergraduates I always hope that I will be shaping the...

Friday Fun: Oxytocin and the Zombie Apocalypse

I got your oxytocin right here! ( source ) If you've been watching AMC's riveting series about zombie apocalypse, the Walking Dead ...

Gender Bias in Academics Continued: An Experimental Test in the Hard Sciences

Why are women underrepresented in the STEM fields? A recent advisory council to the President concluded that at the current rate of training...

For the Love of Humanity: The Psychology of Thinking Globally

Source When was the last time you thought about the fact that you are a member of the human species? For most of us, this aspect of our iden...

Science Utopia (Continued): Methods Integrity Workshop

"Winter is coming." --Ned Stark/Greg Francis On Friday afternoon I attended a seminar in methods integrity in research ( here ). T...

Science Utopia: Some Thoughts About Ethics and Publication Bias

Science Utopia, next exit Psychology's integrity in the public eye has been rocked by recent high profile discoveries of data fabricatio...