Merv Mandelbaum 
Did you just post a picture of your fiancée’s ring on her Facebook page and reap a reward of one hundred plus likes? Congratulations, they all secretly hate you. According to a forthcoming study to be published in Personal Relationships, people really, really hate publicly happy couples. Researchers created a … Read More
You’re already thinking of ditching the chair at your desk; it may be time to ditch the chairs in the conference room too. According to a study published in Social Psychological & Personality Science, groups are better at brainstorming if they stand. Researchers recruited 214 undergraduates to work in groups … Read More
Tension in the office? Talk of layoffs? Merger? Hostile takeover? Well, it’s rough for everyone, but when things at work heat up, supervisors tend to take it out on submissive employees without many friends. This comes via a study published in the Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology. Researchers gathered … Read More
So, you’re exercising to extend your life, improve your response to stress, and help your heart—but how hard are you doing it? Chances are, you’re overestimating the intensity of your exercise. That’s according to a new study out of Toronto’s York University and published in PLOS One. How bad is … Read More
We all lie a little bit—but the operative phase there is “little bit”. Most of us don’t lie that much. A tiny minority, however, lie constantly, and they’re responsible for most of the lying in the world. A study published in the Journal of Language and Social Psychology surveyed over … Read More
