by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 13, 2016 | Attention
Research from psychologists at the University of Kent suggests people’s internet addiction is leading them increasingly to ‘phub’ – and experience being ‘phubbed’ – in social situations. This, in turn, leads them to view this...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jun 6, 2016 | Attention
MRM is the tendency to engage with the mental states and perspectives of others. But it’s much more than just a means of passing idle time. Being high in MRM leads to many social benefits, including better teamwork… * Mind Reading (called Theory of Mind)...
by Madelaine Weiss | May 31, 2016 | Love, Work
A 2012 UC Berkeley field study… found that people driving BMWs, Mercedes, Priuses and other high-end cars were four times more likely than drivers of less prestigious models to cut off other vehicles at a busy four-way intersection, and three times more likely to cut...
by Madelaine Weiss | May 23, 2016 | Attention, Storytelling Animal
We make a particular sense of our lives and of our world that allows us to process and retain information and to decide what to do….Our drive for sense-making can make us hostile to alternative points of view that might suggest that our world, and even our lives,...
by Madelaine Weiss | May 16, 2016 | Work
The finding suggests that fairness at work is a crucial aspect of the psychosocial work environment and that changes towards greater fairness can improve employees’ health*. But what is “Fairness”? Turns out, from this study anyway, that fairness is more about...
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