This post is co-written with James Pennebaker, Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at The University of Texas at Austin. Since the publication of the Facebook experiment in the highly ...

When people enter an escape room, they are usually blindfolded and locked inside, tasked with finding clues and solving puzzles to get out. Room 154 is not your typical escape room — rather than ...

In the summer of 1971, a group of ordinary college students walked into a mock prison set up in the basement of Stanford University's psychology department, and within days, something deeply ...

Why do we obey authority figures, conform to group pressure, or change our opinions based on what others around us say?