Psychology News Archive
Selected Stories from the archive
The games people play
Economics professor Charlie Holt is interested in the way people behave in the real world.
Published 5/1/02
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Fear of snakes
Are human beings born with a snake phobia? Or do we learn by experience to fear those slippery serpents? In a new study, researchers at U.Va.’s Child Study Center are trying to answer these questions, with the help of some fearless infants and toddlers.
Published 11/01/03
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The minds of champions
What does it take to sink a shot when the pressure’s on? Exploring the psychology of buzzer beaters.
Published 04/01/04
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A Closer Look
For many years, research psychologists have been reluctant to study the unconscious, mostly because it was too difficult to do so with reputable scientific methods.
Published January 2004
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Fighting back
In eight months, voters from coast to coast will line up to elect the next U.S. President. Political participation is a birthright in this country. But politics professor Lynn Sanders thinks there might be an unexpected fringe benefit to getting involved politically — it might ease depression.
Published 03/01/04
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