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The Eyes Don’t Have It: Lie Detection and Neuro-Linguistic Programming 6 Aug 2012 | 03:02 am
Proponents of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) claim that certain eye-movements are reliable indicators of lying. According to this notion, a person looking up to their right suggests a lie whereas ...
Leonard Mlodinow: Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior 17 Jun 2012 | 04:54 am
Every aspect of our mental lives plays out in two versions: one conscious, which we are constantly aware of, and the other unconscious, which remains hidden from us. Over the past two decades research...
Michael Norton: How to buy happiness 17 Jun 2012 | 02:00 am
At TEDxCambridge, Michael Norton shares fascinating research on how money can, indeed buy happiness — when you don’t spend it on yourself. Listen for surprising data on the many ways pro-social spendi...
Psychology And Psychotherapy Daily News 17 Jun 2012 | 02:00 am
Main News New Website: We have officially launched our new website! Please explore the site to learn more about our history and philosophy, as well as our renowned mental health services, workshop...
Tali Sharot: The optimism bias 17 Jun 2012 | 02:00 am
Are we born to be optimistic, rather than realistic? Tali Sharot shares new research that suggests our brains are wired to look on the bright side — and how that can be both dangerous and beneficial. ...
Dan Gilbert asks, Why are we happy? 17 Jun 2012 | 02:00 am
Dan Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness, challenges the idea that we’ll be miserable if we don’t get what we want. Our “psychological immune system” lets us feel truly happy even when things don...
Daniel Goleman: Why arent we all Good Samaritans? 17 Jun 2012 | 02:00 am
Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, asks why we aren’t more compassionate more of the time. About the speaker: Daniel Goleman brought the notion of “EI” to prominence as an alternative...
Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory 13 Jun 2012 | 12:20 am
Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our “experiencing selves” and our “remembering selves” perceive happiness...
Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure 12 Jun 2012 | 04:01 am
Why do we like an original painting better than a forgery? Psychologist Paul Bloom argues that human beings are essentialists — that our beliefs about the history of an object change how we experience...
Philip Zimbardo: The demise of guys? 12 Jun 2012 | 03:54 am
Psychologist Philip Zimbardo asks, “Why are boys struggling?” He shares some stats (lower graduation rates, greater worries about intimacy and relationships) and suggests a few reasons — and he asks f...
