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Thanks to the endless distraction of the internet, smartphones, game boys, portable music, and so much more, we’re less bored than ever. However, that may not be the best thing—it turns out boredom might be useful after all. A study presented at the annual conference of the British Psychological Society … Read More
Want to get a handle on those deadlines? Here’s tip: don’t think they’re in the future. They’re now. A study published in the Journal of Consumer Research has found that the subtle framing of deadlines can affect procrastination—if your report is due this month, on the 30th, you’re more likely … Read More
It’s the Internet’s newest favourite adage: if you don’t pay for a product, you are the product. There’s a lot of truth there. Free online services generally harvest your data in some way or another and sell the information to advertisers—if you’re lucky. Most users are aware of that—but how … Read More
Laughter is contagious, yawning is contagious, grief is contagious . . . certain feelings and expressions of said feelings are universal, so they spread more easily. According to new research, add guilt to that short list. A study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology found that people can … Read More
Want perfect strangers to trust you more? Apologize for the rain. Or anything else completely beyond your control. Sounds silly, right? Yes, but according to a study published in Social Psychological & Personality Science, it really works. They tested it out in for different situations. In the first experiment, 178 … Read More
