March-April 2020
WHAT’S Volume 31 • Number^2INSIDE
MOHA EL-JAWGETTY IMAGESFEATURES
13.
Does Consciousness Pervade the Universe?
Philosopher Philip Goff answers questions
about “panpsychism”
16.
Johns Hopkins Scientists Give Psychedelics
the Serious Treatment
The first research center of its kind in the country
is bringing renewed rigor to the investigation of
the drugs’ therapeutic uses
19.
Taking Sex Differences in Personality Seriously
New approaches are shedding light on the
magnitude of sex differences in personality,
and the results are so strong and pervasive
that they can no longer be ignored
26.
What’s Next for Psychology’s Embattled Field
of Social Priming
A promising field of research on social behavior
struggled after investigators couldn’t repeat key
findings. Now researchers are trying to establish
what’s worth savingOPINION
31.
How Disinformation
Hacks Your Brain
The digital age has
heightened our
vulnerability to
falsehood, but
recognizing such
weaknesses can help
guard against them
33.
The Language You
Speak Influences Where
Your Attention Goes
It’s all because of
the similarities
between words
35.
How a Flawed
Experiment
“Proved” That
Free Will Doesn’t Exist
It did no such thing—
but the result has
become conventional
wisdom nonethelessILLUSIONS
38.
Distorted Stripes
There are no curves
in this imageNEWS
4.
Americans Are Fast
to Judge Social Class
Judgments about the
way people talk happen
quickly and affect
hiring decisions
6.
The Brain Senses
Touch beyond
the Body
You detect a tool’s
contact with an object
as if you placed your
own finger on it
7.
Possible Missing Link
in Alzheimer’s
Pathology Identified
It may open the door
to new treatments and
explain why previous
ones failed9.
Emotional Words Such
as “Love” Mean
Different Things in
Different Languages
An analysis of more
than 2,000 languages
reveals differences
in the way feelings
are conceptualized
among cultures
11.
Scientists Spot
Addiction-Associated
Circuit in Rats
Rats show changes
in compulsive behavior
when a brain connec-
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