Stories by Andrei Cimpian

Andrei Cimpian is a professor of psychology at New York University. Credit: Nick Higgins

To Understand Political Behavior, Look at How Kids Think

Developmental psychology can uncover the intuitive bedrock on which (motivated) political attitudes form

How a misplaced emphasis on genius subtly discourages women and Black people from certain academic fields

But most people assume it's reserved mostly for men—and that stereotype begins at an early age