Archive for September 2014

Most people think CEOs are paid too much

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc, attends the 2013 Allen & Co conference. It's often assumed that a desire to reduce income inequality is ...

The sad thing about children's exam nerves is that their fears often become self-fulfilling. Too much anxiety and they can end up under-...

If you've ever felt acutely self conscious upon making eye contact with another person, a new study may help you understand why. Matias ...

Academia remains heavily gendered, thanks in part to historical stereotypes that assert men are suited to solving complex problems and ready...

We like to think of ourselves as the top of the class when it comes to intelligence in the animal kingdom. Our inventions and scientific pro...

A key finding from neuroscience research over the last few decades is that non-conscious preparatory brain activity appears to precede the s...

A rigorously controlled new study reports that a dose of LSD makes us more susceptible to suggestions, a finding that raises the possibility...

Our pick of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week : What’s Up With That: Why Do All My Friends Like the Same Music? ...

Controversy is essential to scientific progress. As Richard Feynman said, "science is the belief in the ignorance of experts." No...

By guest blogger Peter Kinderman “I’ve been rich and I’ve been poor. Believe me, rich is better” (Mae West). Critiques of the rather disc...

Workplace research through the 20th Century suggested that selecting for intelligence is the best way to identify good performers. General m...