Bob McDonough of Clinton has only three memories of his father, who died when McDonough was almost 3 years old: his father placing him on the windowsill to watch him shave, and once letting him sit on ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Ever since social psychologist Stanley ...

Most regular people are capable of obeying an authority figure’s commands to the point of killing an innocent other. This is the bottom line of Stanley Milgram’s (1963) famous research into the nature ...

In the early '60s psychologist Stanley Milgram conducted his "obedience" experiments, showing that most people will do what an authority figure... How Stanley Milgram 'Shocked the World' In the early ...

Infamous for supposedly deceiving people, Stanley Milgram proved in his obedience experiments how people willingly follow orders. despite the fact that following them seems to directly inflict serious ...

Humans are hard-wired to adjust to changing circumstances. And that’s why terrible changes can occur slowly without much protest. By Tali Sharot and Cass R. Sunstein A new book by Eyal Press examines ...