In the years before Ted Kaczynski's name became synonymous with his title as the "Unabomber," he was tapped for an intense psychological experiment that has left experts with questions regarding its ...

Psychological experiments are a great way to gain insights into human behaviour. While many have been repeated, some cannot ...

A recent experiment conducted in the Milan subway system suggests that the presence of a costumed superhero can significantly ...

Psychologist and author Lauren Slater joins Host Larry Mantle to discuss her new book, Opening Skinner’s Box: Great Psychological Experiments of the Twentieth Century. These include the noted ...

Daniel Coyle describes how Carol Dweck, in her ongoing quest to advance student potential, set out to test and explore student academic and social potential.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: RichVintage/Getty Images Psychology is a relatively young science. The first person to ...

An unfortunate feature of science is that two experiments that are ostensibly looking at the same thing can produce different results. Often, the different results are greeted, unhelpfully, with the ...

What it is: A German film about a two-week psychological experiment that goes awry. Test subjects assigned to play guards mutiny and then torture subjects assigned to play prisoners; one prisoner is ...