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That Impulsive, Moody Preschooler May Grow Up to Be a Problem Gambler
Give me the child at 3 and I will give you the adult compulsive gambler. That is the striking finding of a new study in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological
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Does being needy in a relationship make you feel colder?
Yahoo! Canada: The next time you reach for that warm sweater, or pine for some hot comfort food, you might wonder whether you suffer from attachment anxiety. In a report called “Warm Thoughts: Attachment Anxiety
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Tromper son cerveau pour être meilleur au golf
Le Figaro: Des chercheurs américains en sciences cognitives ont découvert un étrange effet de perception qui peut être utile au golf. Il suffit d’imaginer que le trou sur le green est plus large qu’il ne
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How WebMD convinces us we’re dying
The Washington Post: We’ve all, at some point, likely done it: Felt under the weather, Googled the symptoms and, moments later, become convinced that it could be a life-threatening illness. Sixty percent of Americans, after
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When You’re Evil, the Whole World Looks Dark
The Wall Street Journal: Is it dark in here, or is it me? In the latest example of the study of “embodied cognition” — the notion that metaphors don’t just help us express abstract ideas
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Gender Roles in the Workplace — Who Wins Praise for Assertiveness?
Research studying the effects of agentic behavior on women has focused almost exclusively on White women, with few studies examining the effect on Black females. A recent study by Livingston, Rosette, and Washington aims to