psychology

11/12/2017 - 18:23

As Mann dived into the topic of boredom, she found that it was actually “very interesting.” It’s certainly not pointless. Wijnand van... →

07/12/2017 - 13:37

Show one of those, and a shop assistant who didn't know you would happily let you walk out of the store with an armful of goods you'd not... →

24/11/2017 - 11:43

The app I eventually chose messaged me every hour or so with a positive affirmation that I was supposed to repeat to myself over and over... →

10/11/2017 - 19:38

This weekend, Stephen Paddock opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada, from an overlooking hotel, killing at least 59... →

05/11/2017 - 14:13

Although this was the first demonstration of such bias at a global scale, its existence is hardly surprising. Survey data show that... →

31/10/2017 - 12:09

The manual suggests that people suspected of suffering from gaming disorder must fulfil five or more criteria from a list of nine that... →

14/10/2017 - 13:21

Animators such as Hayao Miyazaki, Walt Disney and the people at Pixar Studios are masterful at imagination, but they’re only creating a... →

29/09/2017 - 14:42

Here’s what you should know: What is ‘old’? Most people wouldn’t say that a 38-year-old qualifies, but once you pass the median age... →

17/09/2017 - 13:24

Research suggests it’s during your mid-thirties that family pressure and increased financial responsibility conflate causing problems both... →

06/09/2017 - 12:36

It makes sense that it might – after all, publicly binding yourself to another person takes loyalty and forward thinking, not to... →

16/08/2017 - 12:42

But a new study complicates the narrative that only unintelligent people are prejudiced. The paper, published recently in the Journal... →

21/06/2017 - 12:46

But our personalities don’t only show themselves in our long-term success and well-being. They also correlate with the kind of things we... →

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