Psychological thrillers, also cerebral thrillers, are a rich cinematic genre that might be one of the most misunderstood.

If you took psychology courses in college, you probably remember the "Stanford prison experiment," which monitored the behavior of 18 students assigned to play the roles of guards or inmates in a ...

If you took psychology courses in college, you probably remember the "Stanford prison experiment," which monitored the behavior of 18 students assigned to play the roles of guards or inmates in a ...

Would you choose guard or prisoner? In 1971, a sociological and psychological study was conducted at the prestigious Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, where Professor of psychology Dr ...

Officials at Stanford University announced a freeze on staff hiring, citing concerns about the Trump administration's plans to cut funding for scientific research. In a statement Wednesday ...

Stanford University is implementing a hiring freeze as colleges and universities across the US confront the threat of severe funding cuts from the Trump administration. The Trump administration ...

Harvard Medical School professor Isaac Kohane remembers being asked, when he was a trainee doctor, to diagnose a child with low blood sugar in the intensive care unit. He delivered a beautifully ...

Tony Doris, the editorial page editor at The Palm Beach Post, was fired after he selected a cartoon that drew criticism from a nearby Jewish organization. Tony Doris was the editorial page editor ...

John Leverso does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

From Porridge to Prison Break, TV audiences have long had a fascination with incarceration. With bars reducing the options for action, the consequences are always amplified. A captive audience is ...

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The order of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, directing the removal of a cartoon featuring the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, from a Tamil magazine’s website, is unwarranted and may ...