From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release: Competitive behavior among employees may be triggered by the type of feedback they have received. These are the findings of a study conducted by the Max Planck Institute for Human…
From the Association for Psychological Science press release: Your good deed for the day — whether lending a hand to a stranger or giving up your seat on the subway — may prompt others to…
From the University of Washington press release: Altruistic helping — the act of giving away something desirable, even at a cost to oneself — is perhaps no more evident than when it comes to food.…
From the Virginia Commonwealth University press release: In papers published in the most recent issues of The Leadership Quarterly and Harvard Business Review, the professors write that traditional leadership development efforts overlook this specific developmental…
From the BMJ press release: Smartphone texting is linked to compromised pedestrian safety, with higher rates of ‘near misses’ and failure to look left and right before crossing a road than either listening to music…
From the Binghamton University press release: Publicly sharing a goal may help you persist after hitting a failure, but only if you care about what others think of you, according to new research from Binghamton…
From the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne press release: Have you ever gone ahead and eaten that piece of chocolate, despite yourself? Do you inadvertently make decisions because you are hungry or cold? In other…
From the Aston University press release: Social media users are more likely to eat fruit and veg – or snack on junk food – if they think their friends do the same, a new study…
From the Virginia Commonwealth University press release: What makes people more or less mindful from one situation to the next? Researchers have found that mindfulness is not entirely something an individual brings to a situation…
From the American Psychological Association press release: People may lie to appear honest if events that turned out in their favor seem too good to be true, according to new research published by the American…