Why do we form social connections so easily with people who like the same bizarre things we like? February 23, 2011, www.scienceandreligiontoday.com.

Why a brief encounter can be just as profound as a lifetime together. February 13, 2011, Daily Mail.

Common interests create connections. February 13, 2011, MSNBC.com

Cupid can help, but you’ll have better luck with a valentine if you have a few things in common. February 11 2011, Stanford Report.

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Cwir, D., Carr, P. B., Walton, G. M., & Spencer, S. J. (2011). Your heart makes my heart move: Cues of social connectedness cause shared emotions and physiological states among strangers. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 47, 661-664.

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The Colin McEnroe Show: Willpower. January 9, 2012.

Willpower: It’s in your head. November 26, 2011, The New York Times.

Upping your new year’s resolution odds. January 3, 2011, Los Angeles Times.

It matters whether you believe in willpower. December 10, 2010, Psychology Today.

Researchers shine light on willpower. October 25, 2010, Stanford Daily.

Need a study break to refresh?  Maybe not, say Stanford researchers. October 14, 2010, Stanford Report.

Job, V., Dweck, C. S., & Walton, G. M. (2010). Ego depletion--Is it all in your head?: Implicit theories about willpower affect self-regulation .  Psychological Science, 21, 1686-1693.

What your test scores don’t say about you. March 20, 2009, Macleans.

Study shows negative assumptions can bring down test scores. February 25, 2009, KCBS San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose.

The impact of negative stereotypes. February 25, 2009, Inside Higher Ed.

Education is all in your mind. February 7, 2009, The New York Times.

How a self-fulfilling stereotype can drag down performance. February 2, 2009, The Washington Post.

Walton, G. M. & Spencer, S. J. (2009). Latent ability: Grades and test scores systematically underestimate the intellectual ability of negatively stereotyped students.  Psychological Science, 20, 1132-1139.

The importance of belonging. June 1, 2012, CNN.com/health.

The value of “values affirmation.” May, 2012, Stanford: Graduate School of Business.

Can brief interventions help reduce achievement gaps March/April, 2012, Harvard Education Letter.

Closing the achievement gap September, 2011, Monitor on Psychology.

A 1-hour fix for the racial achievement gap? April 24, 2011, Los Angeles Times.

Reassurance about college transition raises black students’ GPA’s, Stanford Psychologists Say. March 18, 2011, Chronicle of Higher Education.

Belonging matters: How researchers can halve the race gap in GPA. March 18, 2011, Time.com.

One-hour confidence exercise can boost GPA, study finds. March 17, 2011, Education Week.

Got an hour? Boost your grades.  Stanford psychologists design 60-minute exercise that raises GPAs of minority students March 17, 2011, Stanford Report.

Walton, G. M. & Cohen, G. L. (2011).  A brief social-belonging intervention improves academic and health outcomes of minority students. Science, 331, 1447-1451.

Stanford researchers find that a simple change in phrasing can increase voter turnout. July 19, 2011, Stanford Report.

WOW! Simple wording change dramatically increases voter turnout. July 19, 2011, dailykos.com

The power of nouns -- tiny word change increases voter turnout. July 16, 2011, Discover Magazine.

Bryan, C. J., Walton, G. M, Rogers, T. & Dweck, C. S. (2011). Motivating voter turnout by invoking the self. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, 12653-12656.

If not race, then wealth: Why universities should avoid income as proxy for race-based admissions policy. January 10, 2013, The Huffington Post

Time for a new perspective on affirmative action. June 28, 2012, The Bay State Banner.

Affirmative action is needed to get the best candidates, Stanford psychologist says. April 26, 2012, Stanford Report.

Walton, G. M., Spencer, S. J., & Erman. S. (in press). Affirmative Meritocracy. Social Issues and Policy Review..

Save your teens, save your marriage: Stanford’s brief interventions. February 22, 2013, Stanford Report.

Dear Valentine, I hate it when you . . . . February 8, 2013, The New York Times.

21 minutes to marital satisfaction. February 5, 2013, Northwestern News.

Finkel, E. J., Slotter, E. B., Luchies, L. B., Walton, G. M., & Gross, J. J. (in press). A brief intervention to promote conflict reappraisal preserves marital quality over time. Psychological Science.