Merv Mandelbaum 
Do you believe in free will and self-determination? Actually, answer this question first: do you need to pee? A study published in Consciousness and Cognition has found that people’s belief in free will is, in part, informed by their physical circumstances. In one survey, they compared the belief in free … Read More
Have a bunch of bad habits, from overeating to binge drinking to drug taking? Well, aim to drop them by your late thirties and you might—might—be okay. According to a study published in Circulation, people who drop bad habits in their late thirties and forties can reduce their risk of … Read More
Excuse us for dusting off an old chestnut, but texting is stupid, and you may not even notice if some kind of technical glitch happened and you got shunted into a completely different conversation. How do we figure that? Well, researchers tried it. A study published in PLOS One has … Read More
That old saw about women being more into random hook-ups on vacation is true. How do we know? A study in Tourism Management says so. Researchers interviewed a series of women on their sexual habits when in roam, and they found that not only are women more likely to have … Read More
Workaholism: real thing, or armchair psychology? Well, it probably was armchair psychology at one point, but researchers in Norway have attempted to quantify it—and surprise!—it’s common and growing. So, how do you figure out if you’re a workaholic? A study published in PLOS One took a page out of common … Read More
