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...
by Madelaine Weiss | May 10, 2016 | Love, Play
Most of us think that friendship is a two-way street — but that’s true only half the time….If researchers can understand this limitation, companies and social groups that depend on social influence for collective action, information dissemination and product...
by Madelaine Weiss | May 3, 2016 | Fitness
If we could learn to control the motivational centers of our brains that drive volition, would it lead us toward healthier, more productive lives?* Yes, it appears that it very well could. This Duke team of researchers focused on an area of the brain, the ventral...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 25, 2016 | Work
“Our results suggest that mindfulness training is more than just an effective stress management solution but an efficacious intervention for the development of positive organizational behavior….widespread application has the potential to result in significant...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 19, 2016 | Narcissism
Dalhousie’s Personality Research Team describes a narcissistic perfectionist as someone who is grandiose, has a high sense of entitlement and holds unrealistic expectations of those around them. In other words, narcissistic perfectionists see themselves as...
by Madelaine Weiss | Apr 13, 2016 | Love
Most everyone has experienced near instant attraction to someone else, whether of a social or sexual nature, but few are able to pin down exactly why they felt that attraction. Based on two experiments they conducted with human volunteers, the researchers suggest it...
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