Tag: Kurt Gray

  • Nation & World

    Strength in naughty or nice

    Research suggests that when people are convinced they’re engaging in a moral act, either for good or ill, they become stronger in performing physical tasks.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    To tell the truth

    Harvard University study suggests that the pain of torture can make even the innocent appear guilty to those interrogating them.

    3 minutes
  • Nation & World

    What does it mean to have a mind? Maybe more than you think

    Through an online survey of more than 2,000 people, psychologists at Harvard University have found that we perceive the minds of others along two distinct dimensions: agency, an individual’s ability for self-control, morality, and planning; and experience, the capacity to feel sensations such as hunger, fear, and pain.

    3 minutes