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fromHarvard Business Review
6 days ago

Avoid These Communication Breakdowns When Launching Strategic Initiatives

Communication breakdowns between executives and frontlines undermine organizational performance.
fromPsychology Today
3 weeks ago

Understanding the Brain's "Action Mode"

The action mode network is crucial for decision-making and behavior adjustment in addiction recovery.
Privacy professionals
fromTechzine Global
1 month ago

KnowBe4 evolves from security training to human risk management

Security awareness training is evolving into human risk management by integrating behavioral science and real-time coaching to influence employee behavior against cybersecurity threats.
Women
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

3 Ways Female Stress Responses Differ From Males'

Females respond to stress differently than males, often demonstrating greater stress hormone activity and greater sensitivity in their receptors.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Media Psychology Is a New-Collar Profession

Media psychology examines how behavior is influenced by media and technology, addressing social, ethical, and technical challenges.
#habits
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How to Classify a Serial Killer

People like typologies. They simplify complex subjects and make them easier to discuss. However, there's no universal agreement on how to classify serial killers, leading to various proposed typologies.
Psychology
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

Your Home Is Talking to You

Our physical environment significantly impacts our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
Unlike social influences, environmental impacts are often unconscious but pervasive.
fromwww.newsshopper.co.uk
1 month ago

Jamie Laing has released a track to turn mornings into turbocharged triumphs

Morning People is a bold call to transform mornings, encouraging better sleep habits and energetic starts through actionable advice and engaging visuals.
Mindfulness
fromHubspot
1 month ago

Six simple behavioral science tips to improve any marketing message (and the brands that get it right)

Behavioral science can significantly improve the effectiveness of marketing messages.
Understanding consumer psychology is key to crafting successful advertisements.
fromPsychology Today
1 month ago

How We Can Help Humanity Break the Grip of the WEIRD

Psychological research is skewed towards a small, unrepresentative segment of the global population.
fromFast Company
1 month ago

5 signals that make you instantly more trustworthy at work

In today’s workplaces, where hybrid teams and digital interactions dominate, subtle trust signals matter more than ever.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Creativity Is Not a Luxury

Creating paradoxically centers us in the moment while allowing us to transcend the stress of our self-consciousness and circumstances.
Arts
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

The Ten Commandments: A Behavioral Science View

Language influences human behavior, shaping both suffering and flourishing.
The Ten Commandments, interpreted secularly, can support a values-driven life.
Data science
fromFlowingData
2 months ago

Professor who studied honesty loses tenure over faked data

Francesca Gino lost Harvard tenure due to allegations of data falsification, despite her extensive research on honesty.
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

To get from experience to emotion, the brain hits 'sustain'

"The thing about emotion is it generalizes. It puts the brain into a broader state," says Dr. Karl Deisseroth, a psychiatrist and professor at Stanford University.
US news
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

What Neuroscience Misses: Why Behavior Wins the Argument

Brain-based learning seems pivotal, but its application is only meaningful when linked to observable student behavior, which ultimately signifies real learning.
Psychology
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Daily briefing: Immune cell 'spies' give the brain information about the gut

Specialized immune cells in mice influence food pursuit behaviors by relaying information to the brain from the gut and fat tissue.
fromNature
2 months ago

Gripping account of psychology's cautionary tale is marred by flawed assumptions

In the rapidly evolving landscape of social psychology, findings that initially seem groundbreaking may lead to significant setbacks, as evidenced by the failure to replicate key priming results.
Psychology
#nudging
#social-media
fromArs Technica
3 months ago
Social media marketing

Social media "addicts" more likely to believe fake news

Problematic social media use is linked to a higher likelihood of believing and sharing misinformation online.
fromMedium
3 months ago
Privacy technologies

When users change their behavior to game the algorithm

Our awareness of the algorithms is influencing our online behavior and changing how we interact with social media.
Privacy technologies
fromMedium
3 months ago

When users change their behavior to game the algorithm

Our awareness of the algorithms is influencing our online behavior and changing how we interact with social media.
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

What Anxious Kids Wish You Knew

"Anxious kids aren't trying to be difficult. They're trying to feel safe in an overwhelming and unpredictable world."
Parenting
#decision-making
Marketing tech
fromPractical Ecommerce
3 months ago

Why Your Loyalty Program Isn't Working

Loyalty programs must leverage psychological insights and behavioral science to foster deeper customer retention.
Effective segmentation in loyalty programs should focus on customer motivation rather than just purchase behavior.
fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

Fake skull science is back - and it's still racist

The revival of phrenology and physiognomy reflects a troubling trend where superficial judgments about appearance regain cultural relevance despite being debunked as pseudoscience.
OMG science
fromPsychology Today
3 months ago

Does FOMO Sabotage Your Eating Goals?

Overindulging as a consequence of following the crowd in social situations is extremely common. It can be a person's nemesis when it comes to wanting to stick to a healthy diet.
Mental health
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