Psychology is a relatively young science. The first person to call himself a psychologist, Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt, began his work in the 1860s in Germany and established the first-ever psychology ...

To understand how social rules affect the interactions between humans and machines, scientists re-created a famous psychology experiment using... No Mercy For Robots: Experiment Tests How Humans ...

In the early 1960s, Yale psychologist Stanley Milgram recruited hundreds of men for a series of experiments on obedience and authority. He asked them to administer a series of increasingly powerful ...

Some psychological experiments are so profound in what they demonstrate about human nature that they end up assuming an iconic status in popular culture. Three of the most famous experiments to have ...

When we are focusing on one task, we often fail to notice something obvious in our field of view. This phenomenon, known as inattentional blindness, was famously demonstrated in a study involving a ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: RichVintage/Getty Images Psychology is a relatively young science. The first person to ...