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...

New Year’s Resolutions: Are You Suffering From Decision and Willpower Fatigue?

Today's guest post comes from Sarah Roberts, Ph.D. candidate in Psychology at  the University of Quebec in Montreal and blogger a...

What is Charisma?

Did charisma win the 2012 election? Today on PYM we are pleased to bring you the second guest blog from Emily Plutov, advanced undergraduate...

Is there a feminine side to dominance?

Is there a female dominance hormone? ( source ) Today on PYM we are pleased to bring you a guest blog from Emily Plutov . Emily is an advanc...

Don't stand so close to me: Why morality divides us.

Source Have you ever discovered that a friend has a dramatically different position than you on a moral matter? Perhaps you found yourself o...

Perils of Positive Thinking

Fantasies are not the same as positive expectations. This morning, Kate Reilly, graduate student at New York University, joins Psych Your Mi...

Don't be a sheep...or a donkey or an elephant

Source As election season approaches, many of us are deciding how to vote on policies that will influence our country and communities. How d...

Rue and Racism: Intergroup dynamics and the Hunger Games

  Today we have the second installment of awesome guest blogger Maya Kuehn's posts on the psychology behind the Hunger Games. Check out ...

Mind Games: The Psychology of the Hunger Games

Guest blogger Maya Kuehn is back with a two-part post on the psychology of the Hunger Games. So sit back and enjoy another round of “at the ...

In Just 1 Hour: Reducing the Achievement Gap

Today we bring you a post by another amazing guest blogger, Michelle Rheinschmidt . Michelle is a graduate student at Berkeley and her guest...

Placing Trust in God and Nation

Guest blogger Olga Antonenko is back with another great post! This time she's talking about the link between God and government. Does th...

Valentine's Day Special: An Insider's Guide to Speed Dating

This week's guest blogger is Maya Kuehn , a fellow graduate student at UC Berkeley. We're thrilled to have this talented researcher ...

Good Stress vs. Bad Stress: How Stress can Impair or Improve Performance

Some people thrive during stress Today features another superb guest blog on Psych-Your-Mind! In this post  Kate Reilly , outstanding first ...

Do Positive Emotions Shape Our Health?

This post continues our tradition of guest blogs on Psych-Your-Mind! Here, Elizabeth Hopper-- graduate student at the University of Californ...

Is Laughter the Best Medicine?

Today's post continues our recent tradition of excellent guest blogging: James Telesford (the author of this particular guest post) is ...

I’ll be watching you: Religion and kindness

Today we have another great guest post from guest blogger Olga Antonenko Young! Source Does religion make us better people?  Social science...

A Gene for Empathy?

We hope you had a great Thanksgiving yesterday, I know I ate more than my share of pumpkin pie and apple pie!  Today, we have another awesom...

Cutting up flags and kissing your sister – what is morality?

Today's post comes from another great guest blogger. Olga Antonenko Young is a graduate student in the social-personality psychology pro...

Improving memory - (retrieval) practice makes perfect

Today we would like to present you with the another (terrific) guest blogger. Joseph Williams is a graduate student in the cognitive psycho...

The Plastic Brain

Today we would like to present you with the second of our series of guest bloggers. Allyson Mackey is a graduate student in the neuroscience...