social cognition

Most Polls Gave Biden the Edge in the Election, but Many Thought Trump Would Win. Why?

Given that most polls predicted that Joe Biden would win the election, why did so many Americans believe Trump would win? And why do so many of his base believe he was wronged?

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In The Blink of an Eye: People Perceive Sex Ratio and Threat of Group in Less Than a Second

In almost as quickly as it takes to blink an eye, we make assumptions about a group of people. New research from UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles) shows people perceive the sex ratio of a group, and decide if the group is threatening or not, in half a second. The perceptions of the number of men in the group are accurate, according to the research.

Nicholas Alt (UCLA), Brianna Mae Goodale (UCLA), David J Lick (New York University) and Kerri Johnson (UCLA) conducted the research. The results appear in the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.

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Psychology News Round-Up: ICYMI July 20, 2018

This week round-up covers the gamut — from sex to cynicism to the World Cup. See what you may have missed online.

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This is My Brain on Social Cognition

By Bob Spunt

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