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You 2.0: Rebel With A Cause
A few years ago, social scientist Francesca Gino was browsing the shelves at a bookstore when she came across an unusual-looking book in the cooking section: Never Trust a Skinny Italian Chef by Massimo Bottura.
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Nobody likes a freeloader—including four-year-old kids
It may come as a shock to parents of young children, but preschoolers are more cooperative than we realize. In a novel study to find out how early our instinct for cooperation begins, Yale researchers
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You Should Actually Send That Thank You Note You’ve Been Meaning to Write
We want to let you know that we are grateful that you are taking the time to click on this headline. Because without you reading the story, what’s the point? We are now going to
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring self-dehumanization and moral behavior, reading skills in children at risk of dyslexia, and prosocial predictions by bottlenose dolphins.
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Gossiping Is Good
Word on the street is that gossip is the worst. An Ann Landers advice column once characterized it as “the faceless demon that breaks hearts and ruins careers.” The Talmud describes it as a “three-pronged
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Social Pursuits Linked With Increased Life Satisfaction
Data from a study of German adults showed that people who adopted socially-focused strategies reported increased life satisfaction one year later.