Psychology

Can addiction be predicted? That's always been the goal and conjecture has focused on everything from family to environment. But there are just as many fails as wins. A child who grew up in a house…

Jill Abramson was recently ousted from her position as the executive editor of The New York Times. Her defenders said it was because of her gender (yet she got the job) and her demand for more…

Surveys show that managers hold more negative attitudes to private use of social media at work - they should know what a time waster it is, they use it more than subordinates. 11,000 Norwegian…

If your child spends their evening beating up hookers in Grand Theft Auto, there is a silver lining - they are less likely to actually beat up hookers in real life. At least surveys by humanities…

The sign of a bad gambler is the belief that they are on a winning streak, that luck is just going their way. Gambling is math and luck. If you can afford to keep doubling, you will win. And as long…

A new form of neurotransmission influences the long-lasting memory created by addictive drugs, like cocaine and opioids, and the subsequent craving for these drugs of abuse, according to a recent…

In social psychology, it's no surprise to see conflicting, counter-intuitive results. That's possible because studies are primarily based on surveys. So one psychologist will claim conservatives are…

A recent experiment was able to demonstrate that the articulation of vowels systematically influences our feelings - and vice versa. The research project looked at the question of whether and to what…

Pathological thought can be helpful, especially the Asperger’s variety. Ludwig Wittgenstein became the arguably greatest philosopher, overseeing the postmodern. The mathematician Paul Erdös is…

How common are taste metaphors? So common we don't even know they are metaphors. When a kind smile is described as "sweet," or a resentful comment is considered "bitter," we most likely don't even…