Over the past decades, numerous studies have investigated the neural and cognitive processes underpinning intergroup conflict, as this could help to explain what fuels belligerent behavior, political ...

Conflicts across the world between communities, cause high levels of social and physical devastation as well as a large drain in resources, but how can relations be improved? Psychologist Gordon ...

This interview was edited for length and clarity. FM: Tell me a bit about yourself — where did you grow up, how did that influence you? MC: I grew up in Southern California, specifically in the San ...

“No more fiendish punishment could be devised [...] than that one should be turned loose in society and remain absolutely unnoticed by all the members thereof.” - William James, 1890 Harvard Professor ...

Why do violent conflicts between groups persist – even when all sides suffer as a result? Researchers from psychology and medicine at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) have now examined the ...