By overestimating how much women want them, men may increase their chances of scoring
Category: research
Nicotine Gum and Skin Patch Face New Doubt
Nicotine replacements have no lasting benefit in helping smokers quit and may backfire, according to the most rigorous long-term study to date.
Fighting once a week? It`s good for marriage
Headphones linked to pedestrian deaths, injuries
Ritalin Gone Wrong
Ritalin Gone Wrong
By L. ALAN SROUFE
Published: January 28, 2012
Millions of children take drugs to help them pay attention — but do they really help?
When Truisms Are True
By SUNTAE KIM, EVAN POLMAN and JEFFREY SANCHEZ-BURKS
Published: February 25, 2012
Our research has shown that people are indeed more creative when physically thinking “outside the box.”
The Personal Analytics of My Life – Stephen Wolfram
http://goo.gl/P9jUu
One day I’m sure everyone will routinely collect all sorts of data about themselves. But because I’ve been interested in data for a very long time, I started doing this long ago. I actually assumed lots of other people were doing it too, but apparently they were not. And so now I have what is probably one of the world’s largest collections of personal data
Want to limit aggression? Practice self-control
Feeling angry and annoyed with others is a daily part of life, but most people don’t act on these impulses. What keeps us from punching line-cutters or murdering conniving co-workers? Self-control.
Scientists tap the cognitive genius of tots to make computers smarter
Well: How Perception Can Boost Sports Performance – NYTimes
Well: How Perception Can Boost Sports Performance
By By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS
Published: March 28, 2012
Manipulate equipment or expectations so that a task looks easy and, the work of one psychologist suggests, it will be.