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The History of Kissing, or Why Do People Kiss?
Kissing is not universal among human beings, and, still today, there are some cultures that have no place for it. This suggests that kissing is not innate or intuitive, as it so often seems to us....
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Snakes of Futures Passed
Even if human misery didn’t start with Adam and Eve, it may have had a thing or two to do with snakes.Back in 2006, anthropologist Lynne A. Isbell at UC California in Davis noted mammals and snakes’...
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Creativity and Art Expression
What does it mean to be artistic? To what extent is it learned? For many, art is meant to instill a myriad of emotions in the beholder, such as beauty, awe, surprise, sadness, anger, and even...
View ArticleMovies of the future will resemble real life less and less
In the 1981 film My Dinner with Andre, the entire story depicts 2 men meeting at a restaurant and having a conversation. Just two guys talking about themselves for 110 minutes, all in the same scene—no...
View Article"So, You Finally Got Around to Calling!"
In the typical way of human affairs, children grow up and become independent Being independent means having one’s own values and being able to express them no matter what others think. In the context...
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Why Be Honest?
We all lie. Admittedly, most of do so only occasionally. But we still all do. Yet most of us also consider ourselves honest. In his book, The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty, Dan Ariely offers evidence...
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The Joy of Blogging: Applause Without The Burdens of Fame
Within the next few days this PsychologyToday blogger will be celebrating a major milestone. The views-counter will cross the 2,000,000 views threshold, and I will feel thrilled. So many of you have...
View ArticleDon't Let Your Judgmentalness Ruin Your Day.
We all get judgmental at times or obsessed with our own personal, anxiety-driven mantras that go round and round like an automatic tape. These repetitive thoughts often center on the experience of...
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The Undivorced: Propelled by Economics, Freedom and Love
When we read about the world of the undivorced -- husbands and wives who stay married, but live apart or drift into extra-marital relationships – three questions come to mind: Who are the undivorced?...
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Levels of the "Stress Hormone" Cortisol Linked to Frailty
Researchers in Germany have discovered that having lower cortisol levels in the morning—and higher cortisol levels in the evening—is linked to frailty in older individuals. Cortisol levels are...
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Virtual Brain May Lead to Real-World Progress in Alzheimer's
A sophisticated virtual brain may help scientists find treatments for real-world brain disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease. Although it sounds like the plot for a sci-fi...
View ArticlePassive-Aggression in Psychology
Because contemporary psychologists are so skittish about aggression, you see a lot of passive-aggressive behavior in our field. Passive-aggression is aggression disguised to look like something else,...
View ArticleThe Best Way To Defuse Stress
I knew that I probably shouldn’t send the email I had just written. I wrote it in anger and frustration, and we all know that sending an email written in anger and frustration is, well, dumb.Still, I...
View ArticleDreading the Boards: The Fear of Public Speaking
Which is the most common phobia in the world? Fear of flying? Spiders? Heights? Snakes. No, it is public speaking. It is a skill you need to have in order to do well in business. And it can be a nice...
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Asperger's Disorder vs. Psychopathy
When Dr. Amy Saborsky and I undertook research on the alleged link between violence and Asperger’s disorder (ASD), we found notions expressed in some media reports that people who suffered from this...
View ArticleFour Strategies to Lower Anxiety in Children.
We all know that children commonly get nervous, at times. This can occur when starting a new school, activity, or meeting new friends. When children are too overrought to focus, listen, and...
View ArticleNew perspectives on "the paradox of modern parenthood."
In case you missed Jennifer Senior’s riveting New York Times Magazinearticle, “All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting,” or if you read and thoroughly enjoyed it, here’s your chance for more....
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Altruism Can be Learned
Most Germans during the Nazi era weren’t executioners. They were mainly by-standers, neither helping nor hindering the extermination program. But there was a small group who risked their own lives in...
View ArticleIs It Wrong to Plagiarize from an Email?
Last year, before the launch of my first book, I promised my publisher that I would send an email about it to my friends, colleagues, and former students. I spent hours agonizing over the wording of...
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