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How to Have Deeper Conversations With Anyone
Most people slide into Robert Roble’s car, pop in their earbuds, and signal that they’d rather not talk. Roble has spent eight years and nearly 12,000 Lyft rides trying to change their minds. By the
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He’s Studied Procrastination for 40 Years. Here’s What He’s Learned
Joseph Ferrari has a nickname for procrastinators — procs — and he’s been studying them for 40 years. He became fascinated with procrastination when he was working on a PhD in experimental psychology and realized
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There’s a Name for the People Who Drain You
… The PNAS study didn’t measure what, precisely, hasslers do that is so annoying. But Karen S. Rook, a UC Irvine psychologist who was not involved with the study but who has researched similar phenomena, told me that
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Can Smartphones Help Explain the Drop in Birth Rates?
… The drop in birth rates has affected women of all ages, but it’s most pronounced among teenagers. That sounds plausible to Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University. In books
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Our Brains May Be Automatically Filtering Out Negative Words
A new study offers insight into how the brain determines which information enters conscious awareness and which remains outside it.
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People Love Working From Home. But Does It Love Them Back?
Remote work has soared in popularity since the COVID-19 pandemic. But, a new study suggests the practice has made workers more socially isolated, anxious and depressed compared to people who work in-person in offices and
