Merv Mandelbaum 
Do you have someone in your life who is constantly reading you their latest poem, showing off their latest thirty seconds of strumming, or showing you their latest black and white out of focus picture? If so, congratulations, your life sucks, and the findings of this study won’t surprise you: … Read More
Lying isn’t hard—it’s remembering what lies you tell to whom that’s the trick. As it happens, some types of lies are easier to remember than others. Specifically, false descriptions seem to be easier to remember than false denials. According to a new study published in the Journal of Applied Research … Read More
Sadists take pleasure from causing others pain—know anyone like that? Chances are, there are more than a few people in your life who operate this way, and a new study published in Psychological Science suggests that sadism is an everyday fact of life. Researchers had seventy-one students take personality tests, … Read More
You’ve probably heard it take as an article of faith: if you’re dieting or watching your weight, it’s probably better to eat a breakfast. Along with “drink eight glasses of water a day” and “spinach has lots of iron”, it’s taken as an article of faith. Except, like those two … Read More
Pure good or pure evil doesn’t need to actually exist in order to psychologists to study it; people merely have to believe in it. That’s what a new study published in the Personality and Social Bulletin suggests, saying that people who hold these beliefs signal broader attitudes about altruism and … Read More
