Tag: psychology
More female traders can minimise market crashes – here’s how
Dan Ladley, University of Leicester
While the scenes depicted in the film The Wolf of Wall Street might be extreme, they do reflect a truth:...
Why is it so tough for some to exorcise…
Why is it so tough for some to exorcise the ghosts of their romantic pasts?
Lauren Howe, Stanford University
A friend once grumbled that, given the...
A small Norwegian city might hold the answer…
A small Norwegian city might hold the answer to beating the winter blues
Kari Leibowitz, Stanford University
Many dread the approaching winter – the darkness, frigid...
For pro athletes on the cusp of retirement, what psychological challenges...
Maria Doelger Anderson, Boston University
Some of the biggest names in professional sports are facing retirement. David Ortiz and Kobe Bryant recently announced that they’ll...
Distance running is a perfect lab…
Distance running is a perfect lab to investigate whether men are more competitive than women
Robert Deaner, Grand Valley State University
What are the psychological...
Our ‘Rosetta Stone’ gene could unlock the secrets of schizophrenia
Kevin Fox, Cardiff University
Schizophrenia affects around 1% of the global population and can cause paranoia, hallucinations and a breakdown in patients' thought processes, with...
Forget Freud, research on dream imagery may help us understand consciousness
Uma Shahani, Glasgow Caledonian University
Rapid eye movements (REMs) during sleep may contribute to the visual part of our dreams by acting as a switch...
Women compete to be thin for men – a pursuit exacerbated...
Helen Driscoll, University of Sunderland
Plus Sized Wars, Channel 4’s exploration into the rise of the plus-sized fashion industry is part of an ongoing debate...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
