Research shows that paying for experiences instead of material possessions will give you greater and more enduring satisfaction
December 19, 2018 — Amit Kumar, Jesse Walker and Thomas Gilovich
It might seem like a no-brainer to inform the authorities and potential victims if a patient threatens violence, but it's not that simple
February 18, 2018 — Nathaniel P. Morris
How sleep, circadian rhythms and chronotype affect your ability to remember
February 6, 2017 — Julia Shaw
Research in social psychology suggests that the answer is probably yes
January 31, 2017 — Stephen Reicher and S. Alexander Haslam
The deinstitutionalization of people with mental illness restored their rights, but caused plenty of problems as well
January 24, 2017 — Nathaniel P. Morris
The nonverbal messages we send, sometimes unconsciously, can play a surprisingly large role
January 19, 2017 — Allison L. Skinner and Kristina R. Olson
We all have prejudices we're not even aware of—but they don't have to govern our behavior
January 19, 2017 — Jordan Axt
Behavioral research suggests the answer is probably no
January 19, 2017 — Samir Nurmohamed
How to prevent the most salient feature from being the least informative
January 16, 2017 — Julia Shaw
When we think about taking action sometime in the future, we tend to neglect the constraints we’ll face when the future actually arrives
December 29, 2016 — Benjamin A. Converse and Marie Hennecke
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