How to Prime Insight

by | Research

Interesting piece on on how to trick oneself into creativity over at Psycasm. I thought the best bit was below: In a seperate papar, Chrysikou (2006), looked at how best to train insight. It seems (from my understanding of the paper) that some simple...

Every Word Matters

by | Writing

Consider the following: (1) Sally hates Mary. a. How likely is this because Sally is the kind of person who hates people? b. How likely is this because Mary is the kind of person whom people hate? Thus begins the start of a great post over at Games with Words. Sally...

66 Days to Change Your Behavior

by | Research

That’s according to some new research from Lally, P., van Jaarsveld, C., Potts, H., and Wardle, J. in the  European Journal of Social Psychology 10.1002/ejsp.674. From a review at the BPS Digest Blog: (the) team recruited 96 undergrads (mean age 27) and asked them to...

Tattoos, Technology, Tolerance and TMI

by | Reputation

Interesting breakdown on Gen Y/Millennials found here, from The Jury Expert. Quick excerpt: Case themes a. Millennials led very structured and protected early lives. Themes of how investors/plaintiffs/trainees were not protected, trained or supported may resonate with...