emotional intelligence
Choking under pressure seems to have deep evolutionary roots.
How much we enjoy a conversation can all be a matter of timing — specifically, how long it takes us to respond to what was just said.
If your partner is not helping build a better you, is it time for a better partner?
And what if both parties are skilled at mirroring each other? Will it produce a stalemate?
Should we take people’s drunken behavior as evidence of their true character?
Only talk about the weather?
More than a decade ago, Armenia made chess a required subject in school because it teaches kids how to think and cope with failure. The U.S. should follow suit.
“I need to think about the future. Will you help me?”
The road to happiness is indirect and full of frustration.
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Beautiful people really know how to catch a break.
It is often assumed that AI will become so advanced that the technology will be able to do anything. In reality, there are limits.
From boosting empathy to improving therapy, virtual reality is poised to change our ideas of the self.
We seem to have a “progression bias” that nudges us toward pro-relationship decisions and away from breaking up.
Frank Lloyd Wright captured serenity in his masterpiece, Fallingwater, but his egotistical tendencies made life for others anything but serene.
A professor of educational psychology explains what and what not to do.
A recent study offers new insights into the so-called marriage wage premium.
When we satisfy our curiosity, the brain has a particular way of rewarding us.
Next year is the perfect time to have better conversations!
Family relationships are on many people’s minds during the holiday season as sounds and images of happy family celebrations dominate the media. Anyone whose experiences don’t live up to the holiday […]
Ever felt sad during the holidays but weren’t sure why? Chances are you were suffering from a case of Christmas Blues.
Jean Paul Sartre summed up the existentialist idea of “bad faith” through a waiter who acted a bit too much like a waiter.
A placebo-controlled study found that oxytocin seems to significantly reduce romantic jealousy among people in intimate relationships.
Harnessing the power of emotional intelligence in the workplace can improve both employee and operational performance.
Successful constructive criticism is as much about mindset as methods.
As the saying goes: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional”.
The internet has made it easier than ever to keep in touch with our exes. For people in relationships, that can cause problems.
The modern antiracist movement is harming the very people it claims to help, according to the linguist John McWhorter.
Like it or not, we are the descendants of busybodies.
Communication with home will be difficult on long-haul space flights. The longer this isolation goes on, the more detached a crew becomes.
To overcome burnout, we need to change how we think about the relationship between dignity and work, argues Jonathan Malesic.