The Natural Unconscious

Automaticity in cognition, motivation, and emotion.

by John A. Bargh, Ph.D.

Priming Effects Replicate Just Fine, Thanks

On the established reality and importance of priming effects on social judgment and behavior. Read More

Angry Birds

The discussion sparked by my previous post has now far transcended the remarks I made in the post itself, in defense of our lab in the face of the "Clever Hans" charge. That was a slur on our lab that had to be responded to in order to set the record straight. Read More

Nothing in Their Heads

Debunking the Doyen et al. claims about the role of experimenter expectancies in the elderly stereotype-priming effect Read More

New study: TV food ads provoke automatic eating in adults as well as children

Big Mac Attack: Is this behavior freely chosen? Read More

The Will is Caused, not "Free"

Note: The following is a summary of our side of a recent debate with Roy Baumeister on free will, held at the annual convention of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology last February in Tampa, Florida. Read More