YOURSAY | ‘Rakyat waiting to see if he will really act without fear or favour on SRC and 1MDB.’Don’t use reverse psychology on me, AG tells MahathirKingfisher: It is reasonable for attorney-general (AG) Mohamed Apandi Ali to rebut former prime … Continue reading
Don’t you hate all those pieces in the media this time of year telling us to make “resolutions” and all that blah, blah, blah about self-improvement? Like the old Saturday Night Live character, Roseanne Roseannadanna used to say, “What are … Continue reading
File Photo(Photo: USA Today)ST. PAUL, Minn. – Fans of the Minnesota Vikings may find themselves curbing their enthusiasm when it comes to their team’s playoff chances.And they’re far from alone. In fact, psychologists even have a term for it.”‘Defensive pessimism’ … Continue reading
I am the senior psychologist in a primary care child and adolescent psychology team within the Health Service Executive in Wexford. We assess and treat children aged up to 18 years from rural and urban Wexford for a host of … Continue reading
(Newswire.net — January 4, 2016) — Recent research in positive psychology shows happiness is more than a mood or a feeling—it’s a skill. A new app called Feed Your Happy, launching today, helps people practice techniques to reprogram negative thinking … Continue reading
The making of a murderer: Expert reveals the psychology behind why people commit violent crimes and mass shootings Men are the perpetrators in a staggeringly high number of homicides, especially mass shootings – up to as many as 97 per … Continue reading
Wearing wet socks and using the same safety pins are among athlete superstitions. Could a lucky charm work for you? Dr Josephine Perry investigates When training for my first marathon, a friend told me it was unlucky to run over three manhole covers in … Continue reading
Research has shown that about half of all adults make New Year’s resolutions. However, fewer than 10% manage to keep them for more than a few months. As a professor of behavioural addiction I know how easy people can fall … Continue reading
At one location we were offered the opportunity to write a New Year’s resolution on a piece of confetti paper that would drop on Time Square during the ball drop that year.But, as with “getting organized”, most money resolutions fail … Continue reading
In a provocative new paper, Norwegian psychologist Jan Smedslund argues that psychology “cannot be an empirical science”. Smedslund is a veteran of the field; his first paper was published in 1953. He opens by saying that Psychology is a science … Continue reading