Behavioural scientists use university students by the thousands as cheap subjects in experiments on everything from kindness to strangers and happiness to brainwave patterns and short-term memory.But psychologists are experiencing a crisis of confidence owing to the long-running practice of using students as representatives of the human race. The truth is these human guinea pigs have little in common with the rest of humanity.“We study North American undergrads because they are convenient, but it’s easy to forget about the limitations of the results,� said Steven Heine, a psychologist >>>

For most students, hands-on research is the catalyst they need to help them land their dream job, with Rutgers' doctoral psychology program offering students more opportunities than most.The 2015 edition of “Best PhD Programs in Clinical Psychology" named Rutgers one of the best in the country, according to the Best Counseling Degrees website.  The psychology program is a part of the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology, said Stanley Messer, dean of the school.Students who wish to pursue a clinical job attend the school, while students who want to study >>>

Neurobonkers by Simon Oxenham 2 minutes ago It’s reasonable to expect the police to know the basic facts about psychology that are vital to properly doing their job, but according to a recent study published in the Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology which tested a small sample of British police officers, many of them don’t. The researchers found that the police didn’t fare any better than the average man on >>>

January 27, 2016 New ASU psychology assistant professor Aktipis studies sharing systems around the world through Human Generosity Project Why help someone when you’ll receive nothing in return? How have groups of people cooperating together ensured group survival? These questions lie at the roots of the work of a new Arizona State University professor’s work. Athena Aktipis, an assistant professor in the Department of PsychologyThe Department of Psychology is an academic unit of ASU's College >>>