People Are Not Pets
Research on the efficacy of rewards tells us that we can’t bribe others into doing what we want.
The New York Times
Topics: Power Success
A New Study Finds Infants Can Discern Between Leaders and Bullies
A new study finds even babies can discern who leads and who bullies.
Big Think
Topics: Morality Power
How Much Empathy Do You Feel When Powerful People Suffer?
What about less powerful people? Your answers likely depend on how egalitarian you are.
Kellogg Insight
Topics: Empathy Power Social Inequality
Did Human Sacrifice Help People Form Complex Societies?
The debate over how well ritual killings maintained social order.
The Atlantic
Topics: Cultural Evolution Evolution of Religion Power Ritual Scientific Study of Religion Social Inequality Violence
The Psychology of Taking a Knee
The backlash against protests by Colin Kaepernick and other athletes raises all sorts of scientific questions.
Scientific American
Topics: Emotion Group Conflict Power
Power Causes Brain Damage
Over time, leaders lose mental capacities — most notably for reading other people — that were essential to their rise.
Topics: Empathy Power
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