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Coffee Break? Walk in the Park? Why Unwinding Is Hard
The Wall Street Journal: A college student deep into studying for a big exam might do well to give his brain a break. Just what he does during that break will determine how helpful that
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Assigning Wikipedia Instead of Term Papers
Positive Psychology News Daily: Are you a professor teaching a class on psychology — or perhaps another discipline that relies on psychology, such as management science? Are you putting the final tweaks on your course
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CEO face shape linked to company performance
CBS News: The shape of a CEO’s face can predict his company’s financial performance, according to a new study in which researchers analyzed photos of 55 male chief executive officers of Fortune 500 businesses. The
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Is Shape of CEO’s Face a Measure of Power?
U.S. News & World Report: The width of a CEO’s face may predict how well a company performs, according to a new study. Researchers compared the photos of 55 male CEOs of Fortune 500 organizations
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Patients’ Health Motivates Workers To Wash Their Hands
Can changing a single word on a sign motivate doctors and nurses to wash their hands? Campaigns about hand-washing in hospitals usually try to scare doctors and nurses about personal illness, says Adam Grant, a
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Wide-Headed CEOs Outperform Counterparts, Daily Telegraph Says
Bloomberg: Chief executive officers with wide heads perform better financially than those with long faces, the Daily Telegraph reported, citing a study in the journal Psychological Science. Men with wider faces tend to have higher
