News

End of finger with fingerprint
June 25, 2010
Research by Ackerman, Nocera, and Bargh featured in Wired, Discover, Boston Observer, and NPR. Sitting in a hard chair can literally turn someone into a hardass. Holding a...
Cartoon of man with knife in his back speaking to doctor
September 27, 2009
John Bargh and Josh Ackerman Interviewed by The Boston Globe Drawing on philosophy and linguistics, cognitive scientists have begun to see the basic metaphors that we use all...
Wooden Pinocchio
August 24, 2009
John Bargh Interviewed by Seed Magazine: Using fMRI to examine the brain’s activity during lying and telling the truth, researchers Joshua Greene and Joseph Paxon...
Children watching TV
July 19, 2009
Research by Harris, Bargh, and Brownell featured in The New York Times Psychologists recognize that certain behaviors can be automatic. For example, unrecognized external...
John Bargh
June 19, 2009
John Bargh interviewed by Edge. Click here to see the video. Introduction by: Russell Weinberger We discovered a new vein of research — the relation between physical and...
Man cutting credit cards, woman holding more credit cards.
April 15, 2009
Research by Ackerman and Bargh Featured in TIME Forgoing things you want to buy is tough. Watching others do it only makes it tougher. Eventually, a new study suggests, your...
Cup of coffee with heart shaped swirl of cream
October 23, 2008
Research by Williams and Bargh featured in The New York Times In a recent experiment, psychologists at Yale altered people’s judgments of and behavior toward a stranger...