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Science for Society: Workplace Culture and Well-Being
Learn about the factors that contribute to productive and successful teams in the workplace in this webinar.
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How to Have a Good Day At Work
Achieving a flow state at work is rare, temporary and it's unclear how to achieve it - so it's better to aim one tier lower, a US psychologist says. American psychologist and author Daniel Goleman argues hitting a tier below flow state - what he calls optimal state - is more sustainable, and there are clear paths to achieving it. ... "It's great when it does, because you're at your best, you feel great, time collapses, you lose self-consciousness. But you know what? Try to make it happen day after day.... it's not going to."
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2024 Mentorship Program Welcomes Nearly 150 Individuals from All Career Stages
This year’s cohort includes 66 mentors and 76 mentees from 12 countries.
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Arturo Hernandez Shares Vision as New Editor of Perspectives on Psychological Science
Hernandez share his ideas on moving beyond written formats, the value of retrospective approaches, and the importance of respect.
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Hypochondria Is a Real and Dangerous Illness, New Research Shows
... Whatever the cause, hypochondria is associated with a certain level of innumeracy, or trouble grasping risk levels—difficulty perhaps compounded by anxieties about those risks. Tobias Kube, a psychologist currently at the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau in Germany, found this out when he was working with Barsky at Harvard Medical School. In a study, they compared 60 people with hypochondria and related disorders to 37 volunteers without the conditions. The researchers asked the participants how worried they’d be if they were told they had a certain chance of having or not having a particular medical condition.
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How to Maximize the Surprising Upsides to Aging
It turns out there’s science behind the old saw “the older you get, the wiser you are.” Laura Carstensen, founding director of Stanford University’s Center on Longevity, says research has made surprising discoveries about the way older people view their lives. With fewer “what-ifs,” they appear to gain more clarity on their place in the world.
