Jan. 15 -- WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Your brain may be wired to go along with popular opinion in social situations, a new study suggests. Scans done with functional magnetic resonance ...

"The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity." –Rollo May In our daily lives, the pressure to conform is omnipresent. Whether it's at work, in social circles, or within ...

While 'peer pressure' is often linked to experiences of children or teenagers, researchers say young adults continue to succumb to similar pressures of social conformity in everyday situations. The ...

People typically evaluate the preferences of both themselves and others before making decisions in moral dilemmas. Researchers have theorized how people face moral dilemmas, but experimental data is ...