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Use This Perfect 3-Word Response When Someone Hurts Your Feelings
… A cutting comment can make you feel “diminished,” says June Tangney, a psychology professor at George Mason University whose research focuses on shame and guilt. “The times we feel hurt, it’s typically when we
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3 Reasons You’re Not Getting Promoted
Missing out on a promotion stings. No one enjoys coming in second (or third, or fourth). As a psychology professor at New York University who’s helped hundreds of people navigate conflicts in the workplace, I’ve
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Conversation Research Still Requires a Human Ear
Conversations, whether in the form of small talk or a heated debate, involve a nuanced and unique exchange of words and behaviors. Recent technological advances have made it easier for conversation researchers to manage this complexity, paving the way for a deeper understanding of how humans communicate.
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‘Forget I Said That’: The Evolutionary Drive to Disclose May Lead to Oversharing
The decision to share personal information may boil down to a battle between the drive for privacy and the drive to disclose, according to this recent article.
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Chemical Communication is Nothing to Sniff At
Research is uncovering just how much our noses know about our social environments.
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From Unseen Animals to Theoretical Physics, Humans Have a Unique Ability to Communicate Absent and Abstract Concepts
Our ability to use words and gestures to communicate information about absent and abstract concepts begins in infancy and could be what allows us to develop more abstract thinking as we age.