Whether you are buying, selling or asking for a pay rise, the words you use in your negotiation could affect the outcome, according to a new study...
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Month: April 2015
Poses of power are less powerful than we thought
Hands pressed to the hips or perhaps leaning back with arms crossed behind the head are typical poses of power...
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Crowdsourced tool for depression
Peer-to-peer application outperforms conventional self-help technique for easing depression...
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Looking for happiness in all the wrong places
Everyone knows that money can't buy happiness - but what might make rich people happier is revealed in the current issue of The Journal of Positive Psychology...
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Personality test finds Great Britain’s most extroverted, agreeable and emotionally stable regions
A survey of almost 400,000 British residents has highlighted significant differences in personalities between regions...
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Boredom can be good for you
Boredom can make us more creative. That is the conclusion of one of the experts interviewed in a feature on the condition by Ella Rhodes in the April issue of The Psychologist...
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Psychologists welcome overhaul of children and young people’s mental health services
The British Psychological Society welcomes the announcement of a five-year plan for a complete overhaul of mental health services for children and young people in England...
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A 45-minute power nap can boost your memory five-fold, study finds
At last, nodding off in the office or at school can be justified for its medical benefits, specifically for its positive effect on the memory...
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In College and Hiding From Scary Ideas
Universities, rather than being forums for free expression, are encouraging “safe spaces” to protect delicate sensibilities...
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Are smartphones making our children mentally ill?
Leading child psychotherapist Julie Lynn Evans believes easy and constant access to the internet is harming youngsters...
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