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‘Evil Scientist’ Wants To Teach People To Do Good
NPR: In 1971, at Stanford University, a young psychology professor created a simulated prison. Some of the young men playing the guards became sadistic, even violent, and the experiment had to be stopped. The results
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Want to Get Rich? Be (Moderately) Happy
Yahoo Finance: Some people believe that earning the most money will make them incredibly happy. What they probably don’t know is that being incredibly happy may not earn them the most money. A new study
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Psychologists, Science Journalists Duel Over Cigarette Warnings
The Wall Street Journal: What does the psychological research say about the effectiveness of putting graphic images on cigarette packs? I haven’t had a chance to sort through the original research articles myself, but science
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How money affects our emotions
Times of India: A new study has been conducted to better understand the psychological effect of money and how it affects our behavior, feelings and emotions. Jia Liu, at the University of Groningen, co-wrote the
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Distant female bosses may reflect a sexist workplace
Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel: She’s mean, she’s off-putting, she’s distant toward her female coworkers—and she’s the boss. Dutch researchers at Leiden University said that negative traits in a female boss may actually reflect how she copes
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How words have the power to heal
CNN: The first thing I did after receiving what is surely one of the top two or three most terrifying medical diagnoses was pick up the telephone to call my husband to tell him to
