Behavior Modification

Details: Written by: Lawrence Doochin

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It seems fairly obvious, but in order to move to a new story and not live in fear, we have to want to release our conditioning and the old story. Unfortunately, there is resistance to this because...

Details: Written by: Lawrence Doochin

boy sitting on the sand with his head on his knees

It seems fairly obvious, but in order to move to a new story and not live in fear, we have to want to release our conditioning and the old story. Unfortunately, there is resistance to this because...

Details: Written by: Jared Wadley

a young man screaming

Feelings such as enthusiasm, nervousness, or strength are often interpreted differently depending on the gender of the person experiencing them.

Details: Written by: Connie Zweig, Ph.D.

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Each day, as sunlight dims and dusk falls, I stop. I watch the light turn to darkness, then close my eyes to make the transition from doing to being, from fast to slow, from outward to inward...

Details: Written by: Amanda Hughes, Senior Research Associate in Epidemiology

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There’s a widespread belief that your testosterone can affect where you end up in life. At least for men, there is some evidence for this claim: several studies have linked higher testosterone to socioeconomic success. But a link is different to a

Details: Written by: Stephen Reicher, Bishop Wardlaw Professor in the School of Psychology & Neuroscience

During the pandemic, a lot of assumptions were made about how people behave. Many of those assumptions were wrong, and they led to disastrous policies.

Details: Written by: Michele Berger-Penn

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In cultures that value men as breadwinners, their unemployment can affect the long-term success of a romantic relationship, research finds.

Details: Written by: Carmen Viktoria Gamper

Modeling Behavior is the Best Teacher: Respect Must Be Mutual

Socially respected behavior is learned behavior and some of it (for instance, table manners) varies by culture, faith or family. When we help children become aware of the unwritten rules of common courtesy, we give them valuable tools that help them navigate through life.

Details: Written by: Carmen Viktoria Gamper

Modeling Behavior is the Best Teacher: Respect Must Be Mutual

Socially respected behavior is learned behavior and some of it (for instance, table manners) varies by culture, faith or family. When we help children become aware of the unwritten rules of common courtesy, we give them valuable tools that help them navigate through life.

Details: Written by: Matt Shipman-NC State

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Peer rejection and social network isolation aren’t the same thing in early adolescence, according to new research.

Details: Written by: Magda Osman, Queen Mary University of London

To What Extent Are We Are Ruled By Unconscious Forces?

Sometimes when I ask myself why I’ve made a certain choice, I realise I don’t actually know. To what extent we are ruled by things we aren’t conscious of?

Details: Written by: Brad Bushman and Sophie Kjaervik, The Ohio State University

Narcissistic People Aren't Just Full Of Themselves And They're More Likely To Be Aggressive And Violent

We recently reviewed 437 studies of narcissism and aggression involving a total of over 123,000 participants and found narcissism is related to a 21% increase in aggression and an 18% increase in violence.

Details: Written by: Brad Buck, University of Florida

How Neighbors Nudge Each Other To Skip The Sprinkler

There is an opportunity to make water conservation more visible through conversations, with influential groups sharing conservation practices with those they influence

Details: Written by: Sean Qian and Weiran Yao, Carnegie Mellon

How Tweets Give Super Accurate Morning Traffic Predictions

It is super exciting to see this method leading to better predictions of morning commute traffic as late as 5 AM, and I believe this can swiftly be deployed in many of our transportation management centers

Details: Written by: Stacee L. Reicherzer PhD

If You’ve Contracted COVID: Healing and Moving Forward

If you’ve contracted COVID, you not only had health problems that may have been life-threatening, but perhaps also experienced the aftermath of people distancing themselves from you, even shunning you and treating you like a pariah.

Details: Written by: Stacee L. Reicherzer PhD

If You’ve Contracted COVID: Healing and Moving Forward (Video)

If you’ve contracted COVID, you not only had health problems that may have been life-threatening, but perhaps also experienced the aftermath of people distancing themselves from you, even shunning you and treating you like a pariah.

Details: Written by: James Devitt, NYU

Does Narcissism Come from Insecurity, and not from Inflated Sense of Self?

Narcissism is driven by insecurity, and not an inflated sense of self, finds a new study by a team of psychology researchers.

Details: Written by: Niral Shah

Asians Are Good At Math? Why Dressing Up Racism As A Compliment Just Doesn't Add Up

On the surface, the “Asians are good at math” narrative sounds like a compliment. After all, what’s wrong with saying that someone is good at something? But as I have explained in a journal article, there are two problems.

Details: Written by: Stanford

4 Causes Of Zoom Fatigue And What You Can Do About It

"Videoconferencing is a good thing for remote communication, but just think about the medium—just because you can use video doesn't mean you have to," says Jeremy Bailenson

Details: Written by: Lisa Tahir

Awakening to the Power of Healing Our Core Wounds (Video)

A school shooting; a drunk driver taking an innocent life; the loss of a job, a loved one, or a relationship . . . now more than ever people turn to therapists, spiritual healers, and countless other professionals for support and healing.