If you want to encourage someone to cheat, make them think about money. However, If you want them to be honest, encourage them to think about time instead. That’s the gist of a new study published in Psychological Science, which found that people primed to think about money cheated quite … Read More
Extreme liberals and conservatives might not agree on much, but here’s something they have in common: the further to the right or left they are, the more convinced they are of their own superiority. In a study published in Psychological Science, researchers attempting to study “intellectual humility”—that is, the degree … Read More
It’s taught in Business 101: always maintain eye contact. However, a new study published in Psychological Science suggests that eye contact may make people more resistant to persuasion, especially when they already disagree. Researchers used new technology that can track eye focus, and had participants watch a video of a … 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
Is the glass half-empty or half-full? Your answer may depend on your genes, along with your willingness to answer trite psychological platitudes. According to a new study published in Psychological Science, it’s possible that some people who carry a particular gene variant experience negative emotional events more vividly than those … Read More
