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Why Religion Makes Only Some of Us Happy
LiveScience: Religious people tend to feel better about themselves and their lives, but a new study finds that this benefit may only hold in places where everyone else is religious, too. According to the new
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The Write Diet: Lose Weight With Just 15 Minutes and a Journal
The Atlantic: Can losing weight really be as simple as a 15-minute writing session? It worked for a group of women who recently took part in a psychological study. But it depends on what you
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Claustrophobic offices stifle creativity
The Telegraph: Chinese and US scientists conducted an experiment which saw volunteers seated inside or outside a cardboard box measuring five feet by five feet. Those seated outside the box, in an airier, less constricted
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Are We Bad at Forecasting Our Emotions? It Depends on How You Measure Accuracy
How will you feel if you fail that test? Awful, really awful, you say. Then you fail the test and, yes, you feel bad—but not as bad as you thought you would. This pattern holds
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Nurturing mums raise physically healthier adults
Zee News: Washington: Adults who had nurturing mothers in childhood have better physical health in midlife, a new study has found. Brandeis psychologist Margie Lachman with Gregory Miller and colleagues at the University of British
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Thinking outside the box DOES boost creativity: Cramped work spaces produce few ‘lightbulb moments’ for employees
The Daily Mail: Many work places preach to their employees about the importance of thinking ‘outside the box’. But it seems if companies really want increase worker creativity they should focus more on the office
