In a new groundbreaking study, researchers convinced 70% of participants that they had committed a serious crime. How did they come to such an astounding finding?

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As this blog has evolved, I’ve spent a great deal of time and energy looking at psychological research, exploring some of the best the field has to offer and examining how poorly conducted or communicated research can leave us misinformed. This job has been made much more time-consuming than necessary by the fact that reading psychological research is often a far more laborious task than it needs to be. In next month’s issue of The Psychologist, with Managing Editor Jon Sutton, I have explored why so much writing in the field of psychology is so bad and the fine line between bad writing and “bullshitting.” We’ve looked at the impact the problem has and what can be done about it. If you’re not at a computer you can read the feature here. Otherwise, click here for the pretty PDF version.

You might have noticed that I published the article under my name…
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Why is a psychologist claiming “patent rights” for a basic psychological technique that he did not invent and does not own the patent for?

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Yesterday Facebook updated the News Feed to attempt to prevent the spread of hoax news stories. What will the fallout look like?

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According to a story doing the rounds on social media, organ transplant patients can take on the personalities of their donors. Don’t believe the hype.

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