In Psychology Today, Stacey Wood, Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology and professor of psychology, in collaboration with research assistants Archa Dileep ’24 and Hannah Lak ’23, explores the cultural fascination with catfishing. Catfishing is a type of fraud that focuses on emotional manipulation and romantic relationship-building. “According to research, emotional distress is highest among victims of romance scams than other types of scams because of the feelings of foolishness, betrayal, isolation, and lack of confidence left after they disappear,” they write, noting that the number of romance scams increased during the past year.