Researchers show what happens in the human brain when we try to influence other people or when we ourselves are influenced by others. When people change their opinion after they have received ...

Researchers have characterized brain activity that occurs when we are socially influenced to change our minds. The study shows how the brain distinguishes between different types of social conformity ...

Research shows that coercion in psychiatry is common, with some experts calling it a near universal standard practice. Both academic literature and the A new Japanese study finds that informal ...

What is the fundamental driver in relationships? Is there a core social need that humans have? In my first book, A New Unified Theory of Psychology, I answered this question in terms of social ...

Researchers led by Ali Mahmoodi at the University of Freiburg in Germany have characterized brain activity that occurs when we are socially influenced to change our minds. Publishing in PLOS Biology ...