As we learn more about both the physical components of our brains and our psychological make-up, some core questions are being raised about what we believe and why. Jesse Bering just published The Belief Instinct: The Psychology of Souls, Destiny, and the Meaning of Life, a well-reviewed and provocative book about implications that stem from [...]

Tomorrow many of us will head out and hit the polls, if we haven’t already mailed in our absentee ballots. But what drives those of us who vote to do so, when we know our single vote is unlikely to make a difference and it takes time and effort on our part? This New York [...]

If you have taken a college psychology course in the last 10 years or so, you may have seen this video of a selective attention task from Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris. Watch the video before reading on.