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How Do Creative Ideas Get Heard?
Imagine you are an employee at a widget-making factory. Sitting at your desk one day, you have an epiphany: You’ve thought of a new way to create widgets that should increase production by threefold. But
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Financial Impulsivity Increases as the Workday Wears On
After completing several hours of challenging cognitive tasks, people’s financial decision-making style shifted to favor splurging over saving.
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People Love Working with Extraverts, Until the Going Gets Tough
The same qualities that led to an “extravert advantage” when teams functioned smoothly led to exacerbated tensions when teammates faced conflicts.
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What’s the Big Idea? How Gender Influences Perceptions of Genius
New research suggests that the metaphors we use to frame innovations can bias our perceptions of who is capable of coming up with the next big idea.
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Even Small Distractions Derail Productivity
Interruptions don’t only take up time and increase error rates, they also degrade the overall quality of people’s work.
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Why You Should Break Up With Your Smartphone During Lunch Breaks
Scrolling through apps on a smartphone might actually sap cognitive resources rather than restoring them during breaks.
