Category Archives: News

Rejection and Ostracism in the News

Our featured expert Kipling Williams can be heard this week on BBC radio’s “All in the Mind” program.  He discusses the science of ostracism as measured through the computer game Cyberball.… Read More

Maine Considering Anti-Bullying Law

From the Portland Press Herald: State Rep. Terry Morrison, D-South Portland, has proposed legislation to strengthen a five-year-old law that requires school districts to adopt anti-bullying policies but isn’t universally followed, according to officials… Read More

New Study on Social Rejection and Physical Pain

Annalee Newitz, of io9, just wrote a great summary of a recent study on the relationship between social rejection and physical pain – definitely worth a read!… Read More