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Social Identification, Not Obedience, Might Motivate Unspeakable Acts
What makes soldiers abuse prisoners? How could Nazi officials condemn thousands of Jews to gas chamber deaths? What’s going on when underlings help cover up a financial swindle? For years, researchers have tried to identify
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Self-Reflection is Critical for Wellness
MD Health Guide: As each day passes, the pace of life seems to accelerate – demands on productivity continue ever upward and there is hardly ever a moment when we aren’t, in some way, in
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What Type of Worker Are You? Your Next Boss May Want to Know
TIME: At one point or another, many of us have been stuck with a job that wasn’t necessarily in our field of interest. That can be bad for the employee in question, of course —
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Why Reflection Is Good For Well-Being
The Huffington Post: Make sure you take time to rest and reflect — new research shows it’s important for our well-being. The review of studies, published in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science, shows that
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Supporting Patient Autonomy Is Critical to Improving Health
Even as we spend more on healthcare every year, the number of people with chronic health problems continues to rise in developed countries like the United States. Most of these chronic health problems – such
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Rest is a key part of life
United Press International: The lost art of introspection — even daydreaming — may be an increasingly valuable but elusive part of life, U.S. researchers said. Psychological scientist Mary Helen Immordino-Yang, a professor of the University
