This election year will bring unexpected hurdles for even the most experienced voters. Learning from student voters can help address these obstacles so that everyone who can cast a vote actually does so.
Leaders can profoundly influence our worldview. Too often, they peddle a false theory of human nature that weakens social ties.
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for June 2020.
Selected articles that help shed light on the behavioral features of the police violence and protests occurring across the United States and around the world.
How a single ten-minute “deep canvassing” conversation can enduringly reduce prejudice.
When people discover that they don’t know as much as they thought they did, something interesting happens: their political attitudes become less extreme.
Is political incorrectness just “telling it like it is,” or is it cruel and uncivil discourse? Your answer to this question depends less on your political party and more on how much you care about the group in question.
In extraordinary times there is speculation to match. But what does science actually tell us about this political moment?
American flag fashion is as odd as it is controversial.
Making people’s lives better makes them more likely to vote. Is it time to move beyond traditional turnout strategies?
