A recent study published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition has found that interacting with an artificial ...

Imagine you're in a huge crowd of people walking down a busy street. You see a person fall to the ground nearby, would you help? Though most people instinctively say yes, research in social psychology ...

The bystander effect can create friendship decay, using the excuses of convenience and space. Here's how to identify when you should step in for a friend. The “bystander effect” is something we all ...

If you were walking down the street and saw a fight, would you call the cops? If someone you barely know, on Facebook, mentioned ending their life would you reach out and help? Most people probably ...

Earlier this week, a 16-year old Long Island, New York boy, Khaseen Morris, was ambushed by several juveniles on his way home from school. Khaseen was brutally beaten and stabbed to death as many of ...

From the placebo effect to the bystander effect, psychology is filled with fascinating patterns. These effects reveal the ...

In February 1993, 2-year-old James Bulger was abducted from a shopping centre in Liverpool, England, before being murdered hours later. The most shocking element of this case is often considered to be ...

On Sept. 25, Tara and I were walking together from Mason Hall when two guys approached us from behind and yanked our water bottles from the side of our backpacks. The men proceeded to unscrew the ...

Would you report sexual harassment? Or step in to stop it? If you wouldn't, that's something the government wants to change. But some say it's not going far enough. "When I go to schools, when I speak ...