What It’s Like to Be…a Couples Therapist
Mystery dates, adult playrooms, habit stacking, and the misuse of “narcissism” with Laura Heck, a virtual couples therapist.
October 18th, 2023
relationships
May 08th, 2023
Tips, Clicks, and Charitable Gifts: The Persuasive Impact of a Single Touch
Restaurant servers, canvassers, and robot elderly care assistants may all be a single touch on the hand away from greater satisfaction, engagement, and compliance.
April 17th, 2023
Give More Feedback—Others Want It More Than You Think
People hesitate to give feedback because they simply don’t recognize how much other people want to hear it.
December 13th, 2022
What Is the Power of Regret? A Conversation with Daniel Pink
In The Power of Regret, author Daniel Pink offers readers a glimpse into the psychology of those moments that we often wish we had back.
September 19th, 2022
Research Lead: Grammy Awards Change Artists, A Bias Toward Decisiveness, Think Like an Anthropologist, and More
The Research Lead is a monthly digest connecting you to noteworthy academic and applied research from around the behavioral sciences. Here are our picks for September 2022.
June 22nd, 2022
How Psychology Could Change the Way We Understand Consent
The is more to consent than its legal definition. Understanding how people experience consent has important implications for a variety of social issues, including medical decisions and interactions with law enforcement.
December 22nd, 2021
Most Read Articles of 2021
Take a moment to dive into the pieces your fellow behavioral science enthusiasts read most this year.
September 13th, 2021
No Need to Shout: Recognizing the Influence That’s Already Yours
There is plenty of advice on how to gain influence you don’t have. Here’s how to harness the influence that’s already yours.
How Social Milieu Fosters the Impostor Phenomenon
Impostor feelings—that we are perpetually on the verge of being unmasked as not worthy—have traditionally been viewed as an individual affliction. New research locates it in a social milieu.
September 06th, 2021
From Strangers to Teammates: How Getting on the Same Wavelength Might Be More than a Metaphor
What distinguishes a random collection of people on a subway from a meaningful psychological group? Research on inter-brain coupling suggests that when people collectively focus and coordinate action, shared identity springs to life.
