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5 Surprisingly Simple Ways To Enjoy Your Vacation More
Americans take fewer vacations than we used to, and many people don’t have paid time off. That means it’s important to savor the vacations we do take. … “Anticipation is a free source of pleasure,” said Elizabeth Dunn
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The Social Ritual That Made Me a Better Man
… This wasn’t just in my head. In a 2017 study led by the evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar, researchers at the University of Oxford found that nights out with friends support mental and emotional well-being. Other
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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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Friendship, on Demand
Friendship is particularly vulnerable to the alienating force of hyper-individualism. It is the most voluntary relationship, held together primarily by choice rather than by blood or law. So as people have withdrawn from relationships in
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of recent research covering language, friendships, misinformation, and more.
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Yes, Introverts and Extroverts Can Be Good Friends. Here’s How
… Introversion and extroversion are on “opposite ends of a continuum” and not a binary, says William Chopik, a social-personality psychologist at Michigan State University. “People mostly fall somewhere in between those two extremes.” Introverts are quieter
