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Unearned Fun Tastes Just as Sweet
We may be inclined to think that a fun experience will be all the more enjoyable if we save it until we’ve finished our work or chores, but new research shows that this intuition may be misguided.
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2018 Cognitive Aging Conference Now Accepting Submissions
The biennial 2018 Cognitive Aging Conference, hosted by the Georgia Institute of Technology, will be held on May 3–6, 2018, in Atlanta, Georgia at the JW Marriott hotel in the Buckhead area of the city.
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Laurie Santos on What Makes the Human Mind So Special
Psychological scientist Laurie R. Santos of Yale University says that her cognitive experiments with monkeys and dogs suggests that humans’ unique ability to understand others’ mental states can, in many cases, actually cause us to confuse that thinking with our own. See her complete presentation at the 29th APS Annual Convention in Boston.
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Sequential Options Prompt Future Thinking, Boost Patience
Framing choices in terms of a sequence of events can help us exercise patience by prompting us to imagine the future.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring idiopathic environmental intolerance, cognitive reappraisal as an intervention strategy with traumatized refugees, and suicide risk within the Research Domain Criteria framework.
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Emotions Expressed by the Dying Are Unexpectedly Positive
Although thinking about dying can cause considerable angst, research suggests that the actual emotional experiences of the dying are both more positive and less negative than people expect
