Five small habits sports psychologists wish everyone did

Sports psychologists work with athletes to get their best performance on the field or court, but these tools are ones anyone can try.

Williams Syndrome: The people who are too friendly

People with Williams Syndrome treat strangers as their new best friends. Now the condition is giving clues to our evolutionary past – and what makes us human.

10 Things I Learned From Working in a Strip Club

Canadian photographer Carly Hughes-Horvath takes on a raw and sensual tour of a world where cameras are usually forbidden.

101 Rules of Effective Living

In more than thirty years as a writer, editor, and publisher, I have, to my best reckoning, introduced, abridged, issued or reissued, and read nearly every major work of inspirational literature produced or translated into English.

In Uncertain Times, Get Curious - by Elizabeth Weingarten - Behavioral Scientist

Asking better questions can act as an antidote to uncertainty—and the anxiety that comes with it.

The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet

The Gruen Transfer is taking over social media. What is it and how can we avoid it?

How to tell if someone is hoarding – and provide effective help | Psyche Ideas

For many, letting go of possessions is intensely stressful, even when the clutter puts them at risk. Here’s what you can do

Living a Lie: We Deceive Ourselves to Better Deceive Others

New research provides the first evidence for a theory first put forward in the 1970s

12 tactic to become more leaderlike influential and charismatic

An in-depth breakdown of charismatic leadership tactics and how to tap into your own charisma when speaking in public.

(PDF) Types of Dialogue and Burdens of Proof.

PDF | Burden of proof has recently come to be a topic of interest in argumentation systems for artificial intelligence (Prakken and Sartor, 2006, 2007,... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

The (Ludicrous) Psychology of Slot Machines

Slot Machines are the workhorse of Las Vegas casinos. After decades of design tweaks, the "crack cocaine of gambling" brings in more revenue than every other casino game combined.

How 'Am I The Asshole' Became Everyone's Favorite Subreddit

'Am I the Asshole?' on Reddit has amassed more than 11.4 million subscribers. Here's the history of the subreddit that everyone loves to read.

The Bandwagon Effect: Why People Tend to Follow the Crowd – Effectiviology

Psychology’s Groupthink Helps Explain the Signal Chat Fiasco

At the heart of the Trump administration’s Signal scandal lies the familiar psychological pitfall of groupthink

Breaking Through

Icebreakers are corny, corporate get-to-know-you exercises. But there’s something thrilling in dispensing with small talk.

How do we start learning to ‘read’ other people’s minds?

Studies of young children give us insight into the building blocks of an ability that most of us use every day

Curiosity Snacks: How to Redirect Your Impulse to Know

Curiosity snacks are small, intentional nudges that guide our impulsive curiosity toward learning, creativity, and meaningful discovery rather than mindless scrolling.

Fix Three Broken Things

Seneca pointed out that people tend to be reflexively stingy with their money, but almost comically wasteful with their time. There are at least two ways to take this. One is that Seneca thought he used his time better than you and I do, and maybe he did. Another interpretation…

Frustration Tolerance: An Essential for Surviving Large Orgs

In leadership and life, ambitions often outpace our ability to consistently execute on them. A hidden hurdle that trips up many is their level of “frustration tolerance.” This is particularly true in large organizations that are literally designed to frustrate ambitions and…

THERE ARE IDIOTS: Seven pillars of market bubbles | Acadian Asset Management

The Anti-Social Century

Americans are now spending more time alone than ever. It’s changing our personalities, our politics, and even our relationship to reality.

Instead of Being Cynical, Try Becoming Skeptical - by Jamil Zaki - Behavioral Scientist

Cynicism and skepticism are often confused for each other, but they couldn’t be more different.

Most Read Articles of 2024 - By The Editorial Board - Behavioral Scientist

Take a moment to dive into the pieces your fellow behavioral science enthusiasts read most this year.

A User’s Guide to Building a Subculture—Asterisk

First, you’re going to need something to care about.

The Ancient Art of Saying No: Plutarch's Guide to Breaking Free from People-Pleasing

Ever feel like you can’t say no? Like you’re constantly doing things you don’t want to to avoid letting others down or having them think less of you? You’re not alone. Saying no to people’s requests is something I’ve had to work on throughout my adult life. I know a lot of other…

Hofstadter’s Law: It always Takes Longer Than You Expect

The 20 Best Lessons from Social Psychology

Last spring, I took a class on social psychology. It was one …

The Fundamental Attribution Error: When People Underestimate Situational Factors

How to manage people's behavior- Fast Company

These two principles are equally powerful and critical to manage behavior, but the order matters.

Can We Create a Pattern Language for Behavioral Design? - by Piyush Tantia

Psychologies, especially as represented in lists of biases, point out problems. Developing a pattern language would point us to solutions.

Judge People Effectively and Accurately Using Personality Science

Author Richard Davis shares 5 key insights from his new book, Good Judgment: Making Better Business Decisions with the Science of Human Personality.

A Pickpocket’s Tale

The spectacular thefts of Apollo Robbins.

Useful and Overlooked Skills

On his way to be sworn in as the most powerful man in the world, Franklin Delano Roosevelt had to…

Who’s Afraid of Mickey Mouse?

A day at Shanghai Disneyland.

Who Still Buys Wite-Out, and Why?

Correction fluids have improbably outlasted the typewriter and survived the rise of the digital office.

How to Cultivate Taste in the Age of Algorithms

When we turn to algorithms for recommendations instead of asking friends or going down hard-won cultural rabbit holes, what do we give up?

Con-Culture Experts On the History and Future of Scamming

2018’s ‘Summer of Scam’ was just the latest in a strong American tradition.

The Amazing Psychology of Japanese Train Stations

The nation’s famed mastery of rail travel has been aided by some subtle behavioral tricks.

The '3.5% rule': How a small minority can change the world

Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.

Narcissism and Self-Esteem Are Very Different

Narcissism and self-esteem have very different developmental pathways and outcomes.

Scientists have found a simple yet brilliant hack for spotting a liar

Scientists say there is evidence that lying is more cognitively demanding than telling the truth.

Sunday Firesides: Just Be Cool

What does it mean to be cool? Philosophers have long pondered this burning question. There are different types of coolness, with some related to affect, style, or talent. But one type is connected to how we show up in relationships. It’s the type that underlies the feeling…

The 'shopping cart theory' supposedly tests if you are a good person or not

While the morality aspect is complicated, our shopping carts really do say something about who we are.

The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene - Summary & Notes

Detailed notes and summary for The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene. Another in-depth book with timeless principles to better understand and navigate life.

Startling differences between humans and jukeboxes

OR: The secret geniuses of Wisconsin

The Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc Fallacy: “After This, Therefore Because of Th

Story #1 - Embezzlers are Nice People | Stimmel Law

We spend a lot of time suing embezzlers. All over the world. Week in and week out. Big embezzlers, small embezzlers, smart embezzlers and very smart embezzlers… That’s right, no dumb embezzlers because almost all the embezzlers we encounter are smart. Some are very smart. Some…

No Spoilers, Please! Why Curiosity Makes Us Patient

Curiosity makes people hungry for knowledge—but not necessarily in a hurry

How to drive a stake through your own good heart

OR: The demise of the Optimize Guys

Goodhart's law

Goodhart's law is an adage often stated as, "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure".[1] It is named after British economist Charles Goodhart, who is credited with expressing the core idea of the adage in a 1975 article on monetary policy in the…