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Getting Over Procrastination
The New Yorker: Want to hear my favorite procrastination joke? I’ll tell you later. Piers Steel, a psychologist at the University of Calgary, has saved up countless such lines while researching the nature of procrastination.
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Why Nice Entrepreneurs Finish First
Inc.: Wharton Professor and author of bestseller Give and Take Adam Grant talks with Inc.’s Eric Schurenberg about the lastest research on giving, taking, success, networking and more. Watch the whole story: Inc.
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The Science Behind Our Urge To Procrastinate
The Huffington Post: Cranking out a final paper hours before the deadline. Putting off that trip to the supermarket until the refrigerator shelves are completely barren. Watching one, two, even three more episodes of “Orange Is The
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New Research From <em>Clinical Psychological Science</em>
Read about the latest research published in Clinical Psychological Science: Personality Predicts Individual Variation in Fear Learning: A Multilevel Growth Modeling Approach Femke J. Gazendam, Jan H. Kamphuis, Annemarie Eigenhuis, Hilde M. H. Huizenga, Marieke Soeter
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Kooky Kickstarters — Why They Succeed
NPR: Kickstarters give people a sense of belonging “The Internet is this incredibly cluttered space,” says Deborah Small, “and advertisers are spending tons of money to capture the attention of consumers.” Like Ethan, Deborah is a
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Exploring the Psychological Science of Violence
Violence is one of the most widespread, if oftentimes inexplicable, forms of human behavior. From motive to method to outcome, violence spans all demographic boundaries and is the subject of widespread study by psychological scientists.