What if you heard that on planet Teeku, the Blarks were a lot richer than the Orps, and you had to guess why? In a new study, participants were asked to select from several potential explanations for this fictional disparity. ...
Sep 9, 2015
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What do the Grand Canyon, Sistine Chapel, and gazing at distant stars all have in common?
Aug 6, 2015
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European Americans prefer positive feelings over negative ones while Chinese tend to experience a balance between the two, new Stanford research shows.
Jul 3, 2015
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When it comes to the art of persuasion, you can attract more followers if you turn conventional wisdom on its head and stress what you like, not what you do.
Jun 29, 2015
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Charities have long wrestled with the issue of persuading people to donate their time to worthy causes. Many potential time-givers donate money instead due to the perceived psychological costs of giving their time – which ...
Jun 5, 2015
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Holding cynical beliefs about others may have a negative effect on your income according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
May 28, 2015
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Inducing a sense of awe in people can promote altruistic, helpful and positive social behavior according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
May 19, 2015
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Excessive use of first-person singular pronouns, or 'I-talk,' is not clearly linked to a sense of self-importance and an overabundance of self-focus.
Apr 6, 2015
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When negotiating your next pay raise, haggling at the flea market or selling a used car, attention should be paid to the choice of words. Because the findings of a recent study by Leuphana University of Lüneburg and Saarland ...
Apr 1, 2015
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Sympathy is influenced by cultural differences, new Stanford research shows.
Mar 26, 2015
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