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The Simple Trick to Change Other People’s Minds
“The growth of knowledge depends entirely upon disagreement,” claimed the philosopher Karl Popper. He was writing about the dangers of dogma in science – but his words could equally apply to anyone’s worldview. And if you Visit Page
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Patience Is a Process, Not a Virtue
You had to be really unlucky to be on the China National Highway 110 on August 14, 2010. One of the longest traffic jams on record ensued, ensnaring thousands of vehicles over more than 100 Visit Page
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Worse Weather Pushes People to Social Media
New research shows that people post more on social media when bad weather hits, sometimes even more than during large social events in the United States. Visit Page
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Think You Understand Your Dog? Think Again.
She was inspired by studies that explore how context clues affect people’s perceptions of others’ emotions. She was also inspired by a distinctly pandemic-era technology: Zoom. The video conferencing software has a feature that blurs Visit Page
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Are You in a Therapy Rut?
… “It’s unfortunately not uncommon to occasionally have a therapy session that feels like a dud,” said Alayna Park, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Oregon. But if after three or four Visit Page
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Searching for Structure and Purpose in Disordered Behavior
New articles in Perspectives on Psychological Science explore the nature of “noise” in human behavior. Visit Page
