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Is It Easier to Keep Resolutions for Lent or New Year’s?
Discovery News: As Christians around the world attend Ash Wednesday services today, many will also mark the 46-day period of Lent by resolving to give something up. While it’s unknown how many Christians successfully make
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Messy Rooms
Science Update: Past research has shown that being in a neat, clean environment can make people adopt higher moral standards. University of Minnesota psychologist Kathleen Vohs decided to take a closer look. Her team compared
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Does the ‘Hot Hand’ Exist in Basketball?
The Wall Street Journal: It was a shooting performance so incredible, even veteran basketball experts had never seen anything like it. In a game last month at then-No. 4-ranked Villanova, Creighton senior Ethan Wragge swished
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Is Gratitude a Tool for Patience?
Recovering alcoholics who find their way into the rooms of AA are told to expect dramatic changes in attitude and outlook. Their feelings of uselessness and self-pity will disappear, they are told, as will their
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From Failing to Fortune
A technique called systematic reflection can promote learning from our failures, but also from our successes, too.
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When We Use Fate As A Scapegoat
The Huffington Post: Making decisions can be difficult, and making a hard decision can up the stress even more. A new study suggests that when we have an especially hard decision to make, we’re more
