Our eyes allow us to perceive the world around us, but they are also a window into the mind. An emerging body of research suggests that how we move our eyes is affected by our personality. This conclusion was reached by John F. Rauthmann and Christian Seubert based on...
The paradoxical nature of enjoying nominally negative emotions such as sadness in the context of the arts and fiction has been widely acknowledged by philosophers from Aristotle to Schopenhauer. However, only the last decade has provided empirical evidence of this...
We all have an inner critic. At times inner voice can be helpful and keep us motivated toward goals—like when it reminds us that what we’re about to eat isn’t healthy or what we’re about to do may not be wise. However, this voice can often be more...
Everyone wants other people to “get” them and value them for who they are. We frequently presume that there is a “true me” when attempting to build such interactions. How do we, however, know who we are? It might sound straightforward: Our life...
There have been thousands of research studies and books and articles describing the best way to make changes in your life to improve it. But which ones are the most effective? That question has been addressed in a new research study. Professor of psychology Steven S....
There is a rise in support for authoritarianism which has clear connections to toxic masculinity in American politics, particularly in the Republican Party. In my book, Macho Men: How Toxic Masculinity Harms Us All And What To Do About It, I describe in detail how...
