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As dating apps grow in popularity, people still feel some stigma
The Washington Post: Online dating: More and more people are doing it, but no one wants to talk about it. On the record, that is. A recent Pew study found that 11 percent of American adults
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Alarm Clock Sets Off A Real Wake-Up Call
NPR: I mean reality always has its uses. This is Roy Baumeister, president of the Society for the Study of Motivation, who for many years has tracked how psychologists view reality. Well, the assumption for
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Don’t be a doormat: How workplace ‘givers’ can avoid finishing last
Financial Post: A common phrase heard throughout the holiday season is that it is better to give than to receive. Although some may lament the prevalence of commercialism (e.g. the pandemonium that takes place on
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Our Pleasure in Others’ Misfortune
The New York Times: The world’s highest-paid athlete began his spectacular downfall by crashing a Cadillac S.U.V. into a fire hydrant and a tree. Initial accounts of Tiger Woods’s 2009 accident reported that his wife
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Psychology helps explain why Louis C.K. is so funny
Salon: Did you hear the one about Hurricane Sandy? Did you find it hilarious? Tasteless? Or just lame? Newly published research concludes the answer depends in part on exactly when the joke reached your ear, or
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Residents of poor countries have greater sense of meaning in life than those in rich nations, research says
PBS: According to new research, people living in poor countries have a greater sense of meaning in their lives than those living in wealthy countries. These new findings, published in the Association for Psychological Science’s
