Tag: Psychology

  New research offers surprising clues

months before either partner realizes their relationship is tanking

  Psychology studies suggest a variety of ways you can strengthen your bond and increase your satisfaction with your partner

Researchers find that the most devoted fans take their team’s defeats personally and often blame losses on the refs or cheating. Sound familiar?

  Forget being super self-critical and whipping yourself into shape. There are ways to set yourself up for success that are far kinder and work better

  By Joseph P. Laycock

  Five coping strategies to boost your resilience to see you through the final phases of the pandemic

  Juggling work and family becomes all the more difficult when you’re trying to figure out how to work Zoom, and stressing about losing your job

  By Frank T. McAndrew

  The seeds of future romantic partnering patterns are planted in childhood and are visible even before adolescence

  Whether in situations relating to scientific consensus, economic history or current political events, denialism has its roots in what psychologists call ‘motivated reasoning’

  By David Rosenberg

  The Santa myth tells us more about adults than children

Edgar Allen Poe, Sigmund Freud and cognitive scientists have all wrestled with the human tendency to behave in ways that are irrational and self-defeating

Whether it is racism, sexism or ageism, most of us face prejudice in some domain. And it turns out that damaging stereotypes can significantly affect our intellectual abilities