The Milgram experiment reveals how individuals often obey authority figures, even when doing so contradicts their personal values. Conducted by psychologist Stanley Milgram during the 1960s, the study ...

During the first half of the 20th century, Europeans were subjected to extreme human brutality. Millions of people were killed in the first World War, millions of people were killed by communists ...

Some psychological experiments are so profound in what they demonstrate about human nature that they end up assuming an iconic status in popular culture. Three of the most famous experiments to have ...

In the early 1960s, a deceptively simple question took shape inside a laboratory at Yale University: how far would an ordinary person go if instructed by an authority figure to harm someone else? The ...

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 ...

Fifty years ago Stanley Milgram published his book Obedience to Authority, which described what have arguably become the most famous experiments in psychology. As the book detailed, an experimenter ...

A psychological thriller inspired by a disturbing real-life experiment. Handcrafted unsettling ethical dilemmas that will make you question your own morality and test your sanity. Every choice you ...

Watch the unsettling trailer for The Milgram Experiment, an upcoming psychological thriller inspired by a disturbing real-life experiment. Handcrafted unsettling ethical dilemmas that will make you ...

Apologies in advance, because I’m about to geek out. The Irrational Season 2 Episode 14 centering around the Milgram Experiment is the coolest thing ever. I’ve been fascinated with this social ...