As a writer I pull from various data sets to complete any one of my articles. One of my favorite areas to extract content from is music. I utilize ly...
Rachel Herz | Posted 04.02.2012
With "the big game" a few days away, here is a glimpse into how football reveals some of the secrets of our moral universe and why we laud or are disgusted by various behaviors and people.
Marshall Goldsmith | Posted 11.07.2011
As you embark on changes large and small, try to keep your eyes on the prize and put a positive spin on setbacks. In other words, choose to change, and stick to it. Yet realize your very commitment is going to make it hard to hear negative feedback.
Jennifer Ketcham | Posted 07.23.2011
Claiming Camping knew he was "wrong" -- a.k.a. lying -- is a big deal because Harold Camping made some fairly serious claims when he started talking about Judgment Day.
Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011
Parenting is an emotional business, where even the lessons of science can be trumped by fears, needs and hopes.
Carl Schoonover | Posted 05.25.2011
In making the case for the raw aesthetic appeal of neuroscience data, I focus on the powerful ideas that have given us this striking visual vocabulary.
Kevin J. Fleming, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011
Maybe the answer to the current health crisis lies in not just eating and exercise recommendations, but in thinking about one's thinking more intelligently.
Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011
A cognitive dissonance animates the Right in America, and the New York Times nails it with today's front page case study of Alaska. The state depends ...
Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2011
What are the psychological consequences when this human liberty is violated? When borders are closed and exit papers withheld?
Andrew Winston | Posted 05.25.2011
The cognitive dissonance of arriving at a room with every light blazing and then being asked to hang a towel up to save energy can cause even the mildly environmentally aware customers some heartburn.
Stanton Peele | Posted 11.17.2011
Just like we did in Vietnam, we see the situation in Afghanistan through spectacles that convince us that our victory is preordained, even as the results are increasingly dismal.
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011
If we continue to be "technically correct" without being morally centered as well, I can't help but recall with dread the old proverb: If we don't change our direction, we're liable to get where we're headed.
Lisa Guest | Posted 11.17.2011
I got good news today at the City of Hope. No part of me went in there this morning thinking that the news was going to be good. What have I learned beyond how blessed I am?
Todd Kashdan | Posted 11.17.2011
When someone is in chronic pain, unable to function, they are susceptible to charismatic people who claim to have the answers.
Mark Blumenthal | Posted 05.25.2011
This morning, I'm sure of only one thing about the Massachusetts Senate race: The perception among Massachusetts voters that Democrat Martha Coakley i...
Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 11.17.2011
In order for change to occur, cognitive dissonance is essential. What is cognitive dissonance? Cognitive dissonance is a conflict between two ideas that one holds at the same time in one's mind.
Norman Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011
Obama can make many wise comments about past international affairs while proceeding with actual policies largely unfettered by the wisdom.
Tamar Chansky | Posted 05.25.2011
The same cyber detectives who have spied on me on facebook will no doubt be deployed to the new Twitter. It'll become a writ-small version of the invasive infomercials that plague late night television.
Pam Atherton | Posted 05.25.2011
A few of my very smart women friends think Palin has what it takes. I don't get it. Why can't they see what I see and what many conservative pundits are falling all over themselves to say? Palin is not qualified. I was so confused, I sought the advice of experts.
Denise M. Wilbanks | Posted 04.26.2012