The infamous Stanford prison experiment was flawed – so why is it still so influential today?
- Written by Gina Perry, Science historian with a specific interest in the history of social psychology., The University of Melbourne

A new translation of a 2018 book by French science historian Thibault Le Texier challenges the claims of one of psychology’s most famous experiments.
Investigating the Stanford Prison Experiment: History of a Lie, published recently in English, documents serious limitations of the study...