Most people have a secret, whether it is a relatively minor one like faking illness to get a day off work, or something bigger like having an extramarital affair or committing fraud. […]
People react to pressure-filled situations in different ways. For many, too much pressure can lead to abject failure. New research from Columbia Business School shows that your power in relationship to others […]
The extreme self-sacrificial behaviour found in suicide bombers and soldiers where they are even prepared to die for one another presents an evolutionary puzzle: how can a trait that calls for an […]
Debating whether to join a gym or a team to exercise this winter? A new study by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) suggests that by playing sport in […]
The two major political events on the world stage in 2016 – Brexit and the election of Donald Trump – have ushered in a new phenomenon: intense voter hostility towards people with […]
Some 80 per cent of managers think leaders and managers should be taught how to be compassionate, to genuinely care for and to be considerate towards their staff. This is one of […]
New research carried out by psychologists at the University of Kent has shown for the first time that a decision to express disgust or anger depends on the motives a person seeks […]
Multiple times every day, people in homes and offices across the country are faced with a daunting decision: do I speak up and risk being penalized by or embarrassed in front of […]
The largest-ever smartphone-based study examining the relationship between physical activity and happiness has found that even minimal levels of activity can have a positive effect on happiness. A new study, based on […]
Do people have more casual sex because of Tinder? Doctoral student Elisabeth Timmermans set out to find the answer: “One in two users already met one of their Tinder matches in real […]
Most human misery is due not to economic factors but to failed relationships and physical and mental illness. Eliminating depression and anxiety would reduce misery by 20% while eliminating poverty would reduce […]
New study finds that people are more willing to take action for nearby causes than for distant beneficiaries. Whether you are being asked to contribute to a foreign country’s tsunami relief fund […]
Associate Professor Jan-Emmanuel De Neve from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford has helped boost Belgian tax compliance by 18.6 million Euros, with 1 million Euros saved in administrative costs. De Neve […]
Older adolescents and adults can learn certain thinking skills, including non-verbal reasoning, more effectively than younger people, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. […]
