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Écrire pour perdre du poids
Le Figaro: Une chercheuse de l’université de Waterloo, au Canada, a fait maigrir des étudiantes en leur demandant d’écrire sur elles-mêmes. Ici, pas d’angoisse de la page blanche, pas de longues stations debout devant un
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Testing Creativity
Widow. Bite. Monkey. What word goes with these three words? This is the kind of question that is asked on the Remote Associates Test, which psychologists use to study creativity. In a new study, which
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Do we bounce back quickest when life hurts us the most?
Business Insider: Do we bounce back quickest when life hurts us the most? Yes. Often we bounce back from painful events more quickly than we would guess: Intense hedonic states trigger psychological processes that are
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We’re not like chameleons copying everything everybody does
Yahoo India: It’s common for people to pick up on each other’s movements – scratching your head, crossing your legs – but we don’t copy everything like chameleons, according to a new study. It says
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Les puissants se voient plus grands qu’ils ne sont
Le Monde: En avril 2010, la destruction de la plate-forme pétrolière de BP, Deepwater Horizon, provoque la plus importante marée noire jamais enregistrée aux Etats-Unis. Quelques semaines plus tard, le président de BP fait scandale
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Practice Doesn’t Make Perfect When it Comes to Understanding Risk
People aren’t very good at making decisions that involve risk. Many people are afraid of airplanes, although accidents are extremely rare; some people even drive to avoid flying, putting themselves at more risk. A new
