Someone could win the $1.5 billion Powerball jackpot tonight, though as killjoys across the internet have already noted, that someone will likely not be you. But let’s say some other massive upswing in good fortune comes your way this year. What happens to a person’s emotional life after winning the lottery, literally or metaphorically? In 1978, a trio of researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Massachusetts attempted to answer this by asking two very disparate groups about the happiness in their lives: recent winners of the Illinois State Lottery — whose prizes >>>

As married couples spend day in and day out together, they begin to experience a level of interdependence in which one spouse's quality of life is very closely tied to that of the other. This interdependence persists even after the death of one spouse, according to new research from the University of Arizona. A person's quality of life at the time of their death continues to influence his or her spouse's quality of life in the years following the person's passing, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. What's more, the >>>

1 in 292 Million? So What. Even Risk-Averse Humans Are Swept-Up in Powerball, Says UB Psychologist At present, the odds of winning are 1 in 292.2 million, and the jackpot is $1.4 billion Published on Jan 13, 2016 - 9:21:17 AM Tweet        By: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, NY, Jan. 12, 2016 - Humans are, by nature, irrationally risk-averse, says Michael Poulin, associate professor of psychology in the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences. “Most people would prefer to receive $50 than take a 50 percent chance at $100, even though >>>

In the new book Misbehaving: The Making of Behavioral Economics, Richard Thaler, coauthor of Nudge and a behavioral science and economics professor at the University of Chicago, recounts his struggle to change the way traditional economists look at the impact of human psychology on economics. Wharton operations, information and decisions professor Katherine Milkman recently spoke with Thaler about why he wrote the book, where behavioral economics has had the most impact, and which decision-making bias he would remove if he had a magic wand. An edited transcript of the conversation follows. Katherine >>>

Good news for climate advocates: Researchers have new clues about what's stopping the public from caring more about global warming.Bad news for climate advocates: They're part of the problem.The December issue of the Journal of Environmental Psychology focuses on how to encourage "pro-environmental behavior." In example after example, researchers show how governments, politicians and companies have framed climate change and its solutions in ways that seem intuitive but often fail -- and can even make things worse.In one paper, researchers at the University of Tennessee and Florida State University >>>

The inaugural meeting of a new ‘Self-help Group for Foreigners’ – run by a qualified expat psychologist – will take place this afternoon in Reykjavik. Carlotta Olason lives in Akranes, West Iceland, with her 13-year-old daughter and holds a Master’s degree in Health Psychology. She sees reducing isolation among foreigners in a new country as an important way of improving mental, physical and social health. “I decided to launch this project for people living in Iceland from various countries and backgrounds, as they are far too prone to keeping to their own groups,” >>>

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TRIBUTES have been paid to respected psychologist and former Leeds University professor Chris Clegg after his death aged 67. Emeritus Professor Clegg, (pictured) who was the former Professor of Organisational Psychology in the Leeds University Business School, died peacefully at his home in Dore, Sheffield, on December 28.The University of Leeds said in a statement: “Chris joined the Business School in 2006, establishing the Socio-Technical Centre and becoming its inaugural Director from 2009 to 2014. “He was one of the UK’s most influential >>>

According to psycologists working in Cambodia, their lack of peers withing the country is a problem that needs to be addressed. The experts believe that to further develop the country, psychology services should be integrated into many of the key sectors including health, social work, community, and education.  Dr. Muny Sothara, an expert in the field of psychology at Preah Kossamak Hospital and technical advisor at the TPO said, “In order to raise awareness of psychology [we should not] depend on the health ministry alone, but it needs intervention from relevant organizations.”  “The >>>

  A unique study being conducted by Point Park’s Humanities Department that merges psychology and urban studies will attempt to determine perceptions of well-being in the Pittsburgh region. Through the use of an online survey, Dr. Brent Robbins, chair of the Humanities Department, and Kirill Kryuchkov, a graduate student in the department are conducting the rare study.  The pair hopes to identify and connect socioeconomic issues to an individual’s own perception of well-being. “It’s about well-being and the connection to one’s environment,” Kryuchkov said. “Sometimes >>>