The current study sought to examine if pictures representative of a moral scenario would increase empathic responses and subsequently affect an individual’s level of moral support for an individual in need. University undergraduates evaluated scenario . . .

In the United States, 82.3% of adults 65 and older report using alcohol. Although previous research has found a decrease in drinking with older age, recent studies suggest that the rate of alcohol consumption among older adults is on the rise. Older a . . .

There is an urgent need to understand emerging health risks in the growing population of older adults in the U.S. Many older adults may be consuming alcohol beyond the recommended limits for their age, putting themselves at risk for serious health com . . .

Dynamic systems (e.g., families, student-teacher, etc.) present themselves as a powerful means of assessing multiple informants and how they interact with each other across a given period of time. the current study sought to propose a novel statistica . . .

Tonic immobility is a temporary state of motor inhibition that occurs while an individual is fully conscious, thought to develop as a result of extreme panic or fear. Studies of sexual assault have often found that survivors of sexual trauma report ex . . .

The present study sought to determine the level of accuracy in the public perception of atheists as immoral. Moral profiles of atheists, deists, and theists were evaluated and compared within the Moral Foundations Theory framework. Data were analyzed . . .

There are many open questions about holistic processing and its role in visual expertise. Although a person is an expert within a visual domain, there is still much debate about the differences between novices and experts in holistic processing. This . . .

As acculturation can be a positive and negative experience, the negative aspects of the acculturation experience have come to be thought of as “acculturative stress” (Berry, 2005). Research has consistently found that greater acculturative stress is l . . .

Throughout vertebrate evolution, asymmetries in the ability to inflict costs and defend resources (i.e., formidability) likely impacted individual fitness and collecting information about formidability (e.g., size, strength, fighting ability) would ha . . .

The present study addressed the roles that oxytocin and empathy play in moral judgment on actions involving the killing of one person to save the lives of a larger number of people. Additionally, the study sought to determine whether trait empathy and . . .