A job search can stir plenty of anxious emotions, and how those emotions surface during a job interview could make or break your chances of getting hired. Psychology researchers at Stanford University…
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A lab in the Psychology Department at Stanford has created a set of free toolkits to help people resolve complicated issues, including resources to help people deal with disagreements. By Melissa De…
Under faculty guidance, psych majors participate in academic work Stanford psychology majors are collaborating with department faculty in research projects on topics including empathy’s role in the…
Congratulations to Hyowon Gweon! The James S. McDonnell Foundation Board of Directors met July 19 and approved funding of her application titled “Cognitive Foundations of Distinctively Human Social…
Stanford psychologists find that when online comments pile up against an individual’s questionable behavior, people are more likely to see it as bullying and start to feel sympathy for the offender…
In this oral history, emeritus professor of psychology Philip G. Zimbardo talks about his childhood, graduate education at Yale, joining the Stanford faculty, his research and its evolution over time…
How to encourage your child's success at school. For most children and teens, back-to-school means a return to being measured by a report card. It also means heightened expectations from parents who…
When doctors offer a few words of reassurance, patients suffering an allergic reaction begin to feel better more quickly. The finding by Stanford psychologists suggests that the placebo effect applies…
by Nathan Collins on September 26, 2018 2:05 pm The Stanford Neurosciences Institute has chosen four new projects for its second round of Big Ideas initiatives, which fund major interdisciplinary…
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford and SAGE Publishing have honored psychology Professor CAROL DWECK with the 2018 SAGE-CASBS Award. According to the CASBS…