Persuasion

American adults viewed police more negatively if they were younger, had a lower income, or lower education level.

UChicago Press Journals

During the COVID-19 pandemic, mask buying and wearing increased after being recommended by the CDC in 2020.

Frontiers

For people with chemophobia (a fear of chemicals), providing basic information about how chemicals worked was more effective at reducing their fear than sharing the benefits of chemicals.

ScienceDirect

When memories are connected by a story, even if they are separated in time and place, they become linked together. Forming a narrative connection between memories makes them easier to recall.

Natural disaster relief advertisements about loss are more effective at increasing willingness to donate when the story is told from a first-person (rather than third-person) perspective.

JICRCR

Persuasion

Companion dogs who were trained using punishments, such as yelling or leash-jerking, had higher levels of stress than dogs trained using reward-based methods.

Negative terms like 'agitated' and 'noncompliant' are more likely to appear in the medical notes of Black patients than White patients.

Behavioral nudges, such as text message reminders and vaccine information videos, can improve COVID-19 vaccination rates.

Nature

Young heterosexual women, when viewing a photo of a man alone and a photo of the same man holding a cat, rated the man holding the cat as less dateable.

MDPI
CNN

Persuasion

In a study of older white men living with HIV, experiencing HIV-related stigma was linked to worse cognitive performance and greater anxiety.

NEURO
JAIDS