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Parasocial relationships can tell as a lot about the social brain
Associate Professor Dylan Wagner speaks with Scientific American about “parasocial relationships”: the connections people feel with celebrities, social media stars and fictional characters.
Arts and Sciences alumni lead the way in suicide prevention
Ohio State psychology alumnus Austin Lucas leads suicide prevention programming, training, events and education for the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation.
Kurt Gray appointed as inaugural C-SPAM faculty director
Leading moral psychology expert Kurt Gray has been appointed to head The Ohio State University’s new Collaborative on the Science of Polarization and Misinformation (C-SPAM) starting in autumn 2025…
$1.47 million grant funds new Ohio State research on extremism
Could persuading people to brush their teeth more hold the key to preventing insurrection? From abortion clinic bombings to violent protests and coup attempts, extremism has played a historic and…
Invisible Injury: MINDSET Lab at Ohio State takes progressive look at traumatic brain injuries
The MINDSET Lab at Ohio State studies the diverse causes of head injuries and how to best recover from them.
Why children can’t pay attention to the task at hand
A new study co-authored by professor Vladimir Sloutsky brings scientists closer to understanding why children "over-explore."
Ambivalence + polarized views can promote political violence
A new study co-authored by doctoral alumnus Joseph Siev and professor Richard Petty suggests that people go to violent extremes to compensate for attitudinal discomfort.
A university lecture, with a dash of jumping jacks
A new study by associate professor Scott Hayes finds possible value in class exercise breaks.
Social media affects people’s views on mental illness
A new study by doctoral student Whitney Whitted finds that subtle differences in messaging can impact beliefs about treatment.