In order to cope with the vast amount of information we encounter every day, our brains are constantly using 'shortcuts' to simply our actions and decisions. On... More...
The tradition of story-telling and using fiction to explain human behavior is as old as human civilization itself. Over time, storybooks took the place of the v... More...
In the 1950's Solomon Asch undertook a series of landmark experiments that revealed the extent to which conformity rules our lives
The original experiment
In ... More...
Committing to a relationship is not for the faint-hearted. So how do those annoyingly perfect couples manage to make it work so well?. Thankfully, science is st... More...
What prompts us to share on social media and why do we share the things we do? Science has started to figure this out.
Why we share
We all do it... A lot! Pos... More...
Daydreaming, wool-gathering, zoning-out, everybody does it. But it's a guilty pleasure, universally considered to be a waste of time, the realm of the slacker, ... More...
Hooking up with your ex, or relationship churning, is is on the rise. Psychologists say it's a worrying trend. According to research, staying in touch with a ro... More...
They say it can't buy you love, but can money buy you happiness?
The money-happiness relationship is far from straightforward. In some cases, ie people liv... More...
Food is just as important for our mental well-being as it is for our physical health
For millennia healers have advocated food as medicine, but now, mental hea... More...
Our own facial expressions play an essential part in understanding other people's emotions
Human learn to show emotions through facial expressions very early i... More...
Family mealtimes may be going out of fashion, but studies indicate there are multiple benefits to eating together
If there is one tradition that spans all ... More...
"The seemingly straightforward task of judging one's knowledge may not be so simple"
In just a few decades, the wide web has grown from a user-base of zero... More...
Gauri Sarda-Joshi is a professional writer, educator, and Social Psychologist with 5 years of experience in teaching at graduate and post graduate levels. She enjoys writing for academic audiences and believes in presenting scientific material in a fun-yet-comprehensive style.