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The classic ‘magic shoes’ studies show that our footstep sounds influence our perceptions of our size and weight. When footstep sounds are filtered, so that a walker hears, through headphones, only the higher frequencies, they perceive their body to be…
It’s that time of year again. For many of us the New Year is a time to make our annual resolutions. For others it’s a time to briefly toy with the idea of making a resolution or two but never…
Last year we published a list of ten psychology findings that reveal the worst of human nature. Research has shown us to be dogmatic and over-confident, we wrote, with a tendency to look down on minorities and assume that the downtrodden…
Some romantic relationships slot into place easily: we meet, we get together, and we stay together, at least for a while. Others are far more tumultuous, as we break up and get back together over and over again — often…
The discovery that we care more about losses than equivalent gains has been hugely influential in behavioural economics. The idea was introduced back in 1979, in a paper by Dan Kahneman and Amos Tversky. Since then, it’s been demonstrated in…
A striking paper in Psychological Science in 2018 revealed consistent evidence for the “liking gap” — that other people like us more than we think. Now, for the first time, researchers have looked at how this phenomenon arises during childhood.…
By Emma Young If somebody else has treated you badly, what are the best strategies for overcoming this, and moving on? There has been, of course, an enormous amount of research in this field, in relation to everything from getting over…
Regret seems to be a fundamental part of the human experience. As James Baldwin wrote, “Though we would like to live without regrets, and sometimes proudly insist that we have none, this is not really possible, if only because we…
In popular culture, there’s an idea that lots of successful people are… well, not that nice. From Glengarry Glen Ross to The Apprentice, there’s a litany of bad bosses and aggressive success stories in film and television. The message seems…
Finishing off a big task can be memorable, whether you sincerely feel you’ve achieved something or are just relieved to have got it out of the way. Everyday tasks, however, are much more mundane: taking your daily medication or typing…
