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We Are More Envious of Things That Haven’t Happened Yet
We are more envious of someone else’s covetable experience before it happens than after it has passed, according to research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. “Enviable events lose
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A Psychologist Explains Why 2018 Felt Like the Longest Year Ever
You might think that a year as chock full of newsworthy events as 2018 would feel like it blazed by in a flash. Yet for many of us, January feels like it was eons ago.
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The Fluidity of Time: Scientists Uncover How Emotions Alter Time Perception
The study of time perception serves as a hallmark of integrative science, mixing linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, and attention research to explore the ways people feel the minutes and hours pass. And increasingly, this research is focusing on the role that emotion plays in distorting our sense of time.
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QI : sommes-nous vraiment en train de devenir moins intelligents? (Are we really becoming less intelligent?)
Vous êtes moins intelligents que vos parents et vos enfants le seront encore moins que vous. C’est en substance l’idée répandue par une minorité de scientifiques depuis quelques années. Selon eux, le QI des populations
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Judges and examiners get laxer with practice
Students are widely judged on their abilities before being allowed to enter top universities. Athletes are assessed on their physical prowess before being awarded medals. And academic papers, like those reported in this section, must
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You’re Most Likely to Do Something Extreme Right Before You Turn 30
… or 40, or 50, or 60 … Each year, cities, regions, and other organizers around the world host around 3,000 marathons. In large races like the Los Angeles Marathon and the London Marathon, more
