SWAG: Racial Bias in Pain Perception

Tom Brady is no stranger to pain ( source ) Every Wednesday afternoon, I gather with a bunch of faculty and graduate students at the Univers...

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 ...

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...

SWAG: The American Choice Fixation

Yes. I Exist! ( source ) Every Wednesday afternoon, I gather with a bunch of faculty and graduate students at the University of Illinois to ...

SWAG: Do the ends justify the means?

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

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 ...

SWAG: Thoughts as Physical Objects

Ideas as Objects ( Source ) Every Wednesday afternoon, I gather with a bunch of faculty and graduate students at the University of Illinois ...

SWAG: I'm good enough, I'm smart enough... and I give up!

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

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...

SWAG: The Aversion to Harm Others

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

SPSP 2013: How Much Inequality Is Too Much?

“Of all the babies that die every year, what percent should be from the richest 20% and what percent should be from the poorest 20%?” – Mik...

SPSP 2013: Notes For Starting Your Academic Career

“There is no other job that allows you to pursue questions that interests you, and then pay you to do it. But, there are tradeoffs.” –Chuck ...

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...

Do I have the least stressful job in 2013?

About a week ago, Forbes magazine published a list of the least stressful jobs in 2013 ( here ). At the very top of the list was the college...

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...

Tabula Rasa: Do genes influence personality?

wikipedia.org If I were to ask you the simple question, "Do you think that genes influence your personality?" The first thing you ...

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...

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 ...