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    • Issue 02/2014

      • The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty

        by: Angela Celebre, Ashley Waggoner Denton
        The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty has been called a lot of things, from a “game changer” and “a breath of fresh air”, to “hypocritical”, “sexist”, and “sneaky”. So why has the campaign, whose major innovation was to use ads... more

    • Issue 10/2013

      • Sense-making through science

        by: Bastiaan Rutjens, Frenk van Harreveld, Joop van der Pligt
        People are sense-making creatures in a world that does not always make sense. This is a problem – although we prefer our world and environment to be orderly and predictable, and an expanding body of research shows that we do... more

      • A funny thing happened on the way to romance: How humor influences romantic relationship initiation

        by: Theresa DiDonato

      • Are we all jerks? Why nobody helps when surrounded by others

        by: Janneke Schilder

    • Issue 02/2013

      • Justice seems not to be for all: Exploring the scope of justice

        by: Aline Lima-Nunes, Cicero Roberto Pereira, Isabel Correia
        The idea that “justice is for everyone” seems to be over. A justice perception can have unfair consequences for those who are perceived not to be included within the boundaries of fairness. This is what the scope of justice is... more

      • That human touch that means so much: Exploring the tactile dimension of social life

        by: Mandy Tjew A Sin, Sander Koole
      • "Colored" drinking fountain (Oklahoma, 1939) - Wikimedia Commons

        Intergroup Contact Theory: Past, Present, and Future

        by: Jim A. C. Everett

    • Issue 12/2012

      • Job insecurity climate: On shared perceptions of job insecurity

        by: Lena Låstad
        Imagine that there is a general feeling of anticipating job loss at your work place or in your work group. Maybe something dramatic happened, for instance that the company you work for lost their biggest customer or client account. Or... more

      • House, M.D. and the science of psychogenic illness

        by: Ted Cascio

      • Your mother, metaphors, and other monkey business: How experiences of physical warmth shape how we think about relationships

        by: Hans IJzerman, Justin Saddlemyer

    • Issue 05/2012

      • Death and deities: A social cognitive perspective

        by: Jonathan Jong, Jamin Halberstadt
        The universality of religious belief—in supernatural agents: gods, ghosts, souls, spirits, and their ilk—is, no doubt, the product of a whole host of interacting causal factors. However, the notion that such beliefs are driven by fear of death recurs throughout... more

      • The victim wars: How competitive victimhood stymies reconciliation between conflicting groups

        by: Luca Andrighetto

      • When does revenge taste sweet? A short tale of revenge

        by: Arne Sjöström

      • When conversations flow

        by: Namkje Koudenburg, Tom Postmes, Ernestine Gordijn

    • Issue 02/2012

      • The dish on gossip: Its origins, functions, and bad reputation

        by: Ashley Waggoner Denton
        Gossip is ubiquitous – chances are that you have shared, heard, or been the topic of gossip today. Why do we love to talk about other people? Is gossiping part of our human nature? Are there benefits of gossip, to... more

      • It’s your choice! – Or is it really?

        by: Anna Sagana, Melanie Sauerland, Harald Merckelbach

      • When the thought of yourself nags you: How failure to attain cultural standards brings suicide on the fringe of consciousness

        by: Leila Selimbegović, Armand Chatard

      • “Look in my eyes. I said in my eyes!”: Antecedents and Consequences of (Self-) Objectification

        by: Philippe Bernard, Christophe Leys, Olivier Klein

      • Would you recognize the perpetrator? What do you need to know when you have to make an identification from a lineup?

        by: Melanie Sauerland, Alana C. Krix
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