psychology

12/09/2014 - 16:27

A second task required the students to either perform an upright wall squat (which is typically painful) or to balance on one leg, with the... →

10/08/2014 - 13:03

Findings Momentary happiness reflects NOT how well things are going, BUT instead whether things are going BETTER than Expected. This... →

20/07/2014 - 19:50

So why don't we? Where food is concerned, we're complicated. We aspire to extreme thinness as advocated by fashion and reinforced by the... →

16/07/2014 - 15:00

Under scrutiny Approaching the question from a different perspective, a group of researchers from the University of Newcastle in the UK... →

12/12/2013 - 14:56

There has long been a correlation observed between materialism, a lack of empathy and engagement with others, and unhappiness. But research... →

04/11/2013 - 13:12

One early theory, promoted by the psychologist Lawrence Kohlberg, held that cheating is governed by our moral development: the more... →

31/08/2013 - 12:32

In the current study, conducted with the help of research students Meytal Fischer-Shofty and Yechiel Levkovitz, researchers tried to find... →

18/07/2013 - 15:55

The data reveal that the participants' character changed during those four years at least as much as demographic factors, such as marital... →

08/06/2013 - 12:46

Prof. Gil Diesendruck, of Bar-Ilan University’s Psychology Department and Gonda Brain Research Center, says that it starts at a very young... →

21/05/2013 - 11:53

3. DRIVING THE SAME ROUTE ALL THE TIME Getting complacent is one of the worst things you can do if you hope to make it to the end of your... →

29/05/2012 - 14:18

But that is not how dishonesty works. Over the past decade or so, my colleagues and I have taken a close look at why people cheat, using a... →

21/04/2012 - 16:32

“Our data highlights the powerful influence of culture on shaping basic behaviours once considered biologically hardwired.” The system used... →

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