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Why Keeping a Travel Journal Is More Valuable Than Any Photo
Condé Nast: Perhaps you’ve toured the Vatican Museum and visited the Sistine Chapel. You have a hastily snapped photo of the ceiling, of course—no better than a print in an art history book, but nonetheless
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Why daylight saving time can be bad for your health
Fox News: Daylight saving time is Sunday, and losing sleep after clocks “spring forward” an hour could be more than just an annoyance. This small time shift can significantly raise the risk of health-related issues.
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How Does Sunshine Affect The Lottery?
NPR: Social science research examines how the mood of gamblers can change the way they think about risk. New Yorkers buy more lottery tickets when the weather is good and when their sports teams win
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Quick Thinking and Feeling Healthy Predict Longer Life
Suffering from chronic medical conditions and engaging in unhealthy behaviors are known risk factors for early death, but findings from a longitudinal study of over 6,000 adults suggests that certain psychological factors may be even
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Test Scores Drop as the School Day Drags on
Pacific Standard: You’ve probably noticed that it’s harder to think clearly after a long day of reading, writing, and arithmetic—in short, after a long day of thinking. For the most part, that’s not a particularly
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How Psychology Explains the Tamir Rice Shooting
The Atlantic’s CityLab: On a Sunday in November 2014, a Cleveland man dialed 911 to report that a young black boy—“probably a juvenile”—was brandishing a gun around in the park near him. “It’s probably fake
