Therapy Without a Heart: Why Even Psychologists Fall for AI 🤖 Are machines becoming better listeners? A 2025 study investigated in a scientific blind test how well Artificial Intelligence can [...]
The perception of being watched can serve as a powerful intervention to modify human behavior. A field experiment investigated this phenomenon regarding hand hygiene compliance in a public restroom. In [...]
The Psychology Trick You’re Probably Already Falling For... In this video, we explore the intriguing concept of the "ego trap"—an influence technique that leverages the idea that people are more [...]
How many people cross at red lights when there are no cars to be seen for miles around? And above all: How much are they influenced by the "negative" example of [...]
Robert Cialdini certainly ranks among the most influential psychologists in the world. His studies have significantly shaped the research field of social psychology and his books on influencing techniques have [...]
What makes people "successful" in life? For decades, researchers have been trying to answer this question in numerous studies. In the process, they have indeed come across some personality traits [...]
Educational psychology: are there effective alternatives to "yelling and scolding"? A recently published meta-analysis, in which quite a few studies were summarized and analyzed, provides impressive evidence: Leijten, P., Gardner, [...]
Psychologists (especially social psychologists) have been researching manipulation techniques for decades. It is becoming increasingly apparent that sometimes it only takes a single phrase to increase the likelihood that another [...]
By now, almost everyone has understood: We pay for the free use of services like Facebook, Tiktok, Google and Co. with our personal data. But what can the big tech [...]
No matter if we are in the supermarket or shopping online: Every day we are manipulated by strategies from sales and price psychology. Extensive research has shown how we are [...]
