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Budget proposal would also curb federal payments for scientific publishing.

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research? Our research group, led by Andreas Olsson at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, is seeking a qualified and motivated postdoctoral researcher

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People often receive rewards for good performance, but what happens when rewards do not reflect ability? Two behavioral studies suggest that rewards can impact how we evaluate our own ability, above and beyond the impact of actual performance.

The University of Southern California (USC), founded in 1880, is located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles and is the largest private employer in the City of Los Angeles. USC is consistently ranked...

Social categories are key to human social life, often leading to intergroup bias and stereotypes. While traditional studies use binary social markers, real-world markers are more complex. This study e...

Do goals, beliefs, and desires affect visual experience? This question has long been controversial in cognitive science. There exists extensive litera…

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Rejection can feel physically painful. It also provides a lesson for your brain on whom to connect with and how.

Impression formation occurs when a perceiver infers another person’s traits, goals and preferences and forms an attitude towards that person. In this Perspective, Amodio describes the unique and inter...

Whether it is the first day of school or a new job, individuals often find themselves in situations where they must learn the structure of existing social relationships. However, the mechanisms throug...

The SLAC Lab investigates how we learn and make decisions in social interactions across behavior, the mind, and the brain. @ USC Department of Psychology

Examining body camera videos at scale reveals racial differences in how police treat drivers during traffic stops—and what corrective programs really work

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When providing emotional support and deciding on an empathic reaction, responders were sensitive to changes in the person requiring empathy, the emotional state of that person, and the cause of their ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...