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‘All-or-Nothing’ Thinking More Common in People with Anxiety, Depression, and Suicidal Ideation
Research shows a link between one’s tendency to view life in extremes can identify cognitive processes linked with psychological disorders and suicide risk.
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Scientific American, Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science Announce Online Writing Workshop
Scientific American and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University are teaming on an online workshop aimed at helping scientists and engineers write blogs and op-eds for magazines, newspapers, and other news
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Can you write your way to happiness?
The Guardian: The premise that keeping a journal is good for you often comes back to the seminal work of American social psychologist James Pennebaker, based at the University of Texas at Austin. In the
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Do Funny Article Titles Garner More Citations?
Thinking about spicing up your next empirical article with a catchy title? Results from two studies show how a humorous title might affect the impact of your paper.
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Alienating the Audience: How Abbreviations Hamper Scientific Communication
Consistent with the movement toward open science, three researchers call for ending the often confusing and off-putting use of abbreviations in scientific communication.
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Even Small Distractions Derail Productivity
Interruptions don’t only take up time and increase error rates, they also degrade the overall quality of people’s work.
