St. Albert Gazette: It is estimated that, each week, three billion hours are spent worldwide playing video games. It’s a $30-billion industry with appeal that crosses international boundaries. World of Warcraft alone has logged almost six million years worth of gamers’ time globally. But why? What is it about the More
Toronto Sun: It may sound like another version of “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough and, doggone it, people like me,” but some Canadian researchers say self-affirmation has real-life social benefits. “Self-affirmation seems to provide a psychological buffer for insecure people, allowing them to put aside social fears and anxieties More
Business Insider: Narcissists rise to the top. That’s because other people think their qualities – confidence, dominance, authority, and self-esteem – make them good leaders. Is that true? “Our research shows that the opposite seems to be true,” says Barbora Nevicka, a PhD candidate in organizational psychology, describing a new More
The New York Times: Humility has a bad reputation. The definition for humility and humbleness in my Random House dictionary includes: “having feelings of insignificance, inferiority, subservience…low in rank, importance, status, quality etc.” But recently I sat in on a panel at the Association for Psychological Science convention where the More
Allure Magazine: We’ve all seen mean girls (and no, I’m not just referring to the movie). The backhanded compliments, the whispering, even the Twitter death threats (poor Selena Gomez!)—chances are, if you’ve experienced junior high, you know exactly what we’re talking about. But now there may just be science to More
MSN Health& Fitness: Teens who choose to practice abstinence or delay having sex may still engage in sexual risk-taking as adults, according to a new study. The researchers found that a combination of other factors, including genetics and environment, are stronger contributing factors than being sexually promiscuous in young adulthood More
