It’s hard to believe now, but introversion was once a mostly misunderstood personality trait. Now, it’s the subject of countless books and articles and listicles (and, more recently, parodies of listicles). And as more regular, non-scientist types started to talk about introversion, psychologist Jonathan Cheek began to notice something: The More
There is great comfort in the familiar. It’s one reason humans often flock to other people who share the same interests, laugh at the same jokes, hold the same political views. But familiar ground may not be the best place to cultivate creativity. Social scientist Adam Galinsky has found that people who More
“The Benefits of Humble Pie“ by C. Nathan DeWall and “Teaching Sleep to the Sleep-Deprived“ by David G. Myers. More
In Mind in Motion: How Action Shapes Thought APS Immediate Past-President Barbara Tversky takes a wide-ranging look at the connection between movement and thinking. More
Research shows that even when we think we’ve successfully suppressed a thought, its traces may still linger outside conscious awareness. More
The common human default mode is that we focus our energy on the here-and-now, and care less about ourselves and the events of the farther-off future. This present-bias can get in the way of all sorts of decisions that might improve our lot. The struggle with delayed gratification is what More
