New research from Will Dunlop and Jess Tracy suggests that newly sober alcoholics who talk about their last drink in redemptive terms are over 40% more likely to stay sober, months later, than those who don’t. Narrated redemption also predicts…
The Decade of Navel Gazing (2010–???) took another step toward cementing its legacy this week with the publication of Nosek and Bar-Anan’s proposal for Scientific Utopia. The authors present a six-step program which would help psychology increase the efficiency, speed, and…
We have all heard by now that replication is the panacea for the ills plaguing social psychology. Whether we fear single-study papers containing tenuous effects reached through undisclosed analytical flexibility, post-hoc justifications of results that were entirely unanticipated, or downright…
Jess Tracy, “What is a basic emotion?” In the symposium, “What is an Emotion”, at the SPSP Emotion Pre-conference, New Orleans, LA. January 17th, 2013, 3:00 pm
New research from the lab in collaboration with Andy Elliot shows that men in Burkina Faso find women in red more attractive, suggesting that red may be a universal sexual signal. Read the paper in press at JESP here.
Nonverbal pride displays function to bias social learning. Read Jason Martens’ and Jess’ paper– online early edition now available at SPPS.
New grant just awarded from the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) will fund a major new project on self-conscious emotions and alcoholism. To learn more about this project click here.
Here in the lab we always knew we were a little special for knowing the term arms akimbo. But now you can too! Akimbo is number 8 on the “25 everyday things you never knew had names” list. Check it…
Psychologists are increasingly turning to online data collection methods when conducting research, and such methods sometimes degrade data quality. We all have heard anecdotal accounts of malingering participants on M-Turk and online HSP studies and, as a result, many of…
New research by Joey Cheng, Jess Tracy, and other UBC collaborators showing that Dominance and Prestige are both effective routes to social influence, now published at JPSP. Read the CNN story here.