When we talk, we naturally gesture—we open our palms, we point, we chop the air for emphasis. Such movement may be more than superfluous hand flapping. It helps communicate ideas to listeners and even appears to help speakers think and learn. A growing field of psychological research is exploring the More
“You have no idea how unfocused I am. I can’t finish a task to save my life. I’m sure it is because of how lazy I am. I have always been prone to distraction.” I am on a zoom call with my client, Carry, listening to her talk through her More
A sample of articles on life coaching vs. psychotherapy, ecological validity and neuroscience, the negative consequences of being tolerated, and a meta-analysis on the ironic effects of thought suppression. More
Research shows that even when we think we’ve successfully suppressed a thought, its traces may still linger outside conscious awareness. More
APS William James Fellow Barbara Landau challenges enduring theories on the complex interplay of language, sensory input, and thought processes. More
A sample of new research exploring: judgment, uncertainty, and optimism; processing of object-scene relations; and orienting biases in visual attention. More
