social psychology

What climate change is doing to Michigan's allergy season, two scientists team up to find ways to help kids living with autism sharpen their social skills, and the Great Lakes sailing adventure that changed writer Jerry Dennis’ life.

Updates and advice on Michigan's annual "sick" season, rethinking the relationship between class and power, and how technology revolutionized the pizza industry.

UM professor of psychology and linguistics, Julie Boland, shares her research on Zoom fatigue, plus strategies to avoid it.

How do we sort out fact from fiction on social media? Do we really want to? It seems that people are quickly and happily sharing things online that are…

Throughout history, humans have often thought the full moon changes a person’s behavior – most notably through Hollywood movies about humans turning into…

Researchers studied certain psychological traits across the country and found that Michiganders are fairly agreeable and extroverted (we rank 16th) and…

New Year’s resolutions.We may groan about them, we may proclaim that we are “above” making them, but it does seem that the New Year brings about a…

People are mean on the internet.This should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with chat rooms or the comments sections of blogs. But why do people…

Two Michigan psychologists have created a smart phone app to help kids with autism develop better social skills. Kelly Bowers and her husband Mark are…

Michigan Radio news intern Bridget Bodnar filed a report on a new study published in the Journal of Personality.The study found that young people prefer…