How to End a Bad Relationship for Good

Sometimes we find ourselves in relationships that make us miserable more than they make us happy, relationships that we know in our hearts a...

Do it for Future You

Source It's only a month and a half into the New Year, and most of us have already abandoned our New Year's resolutions. We h...

New Year’s Resolutions: Are You Suffering From Decision and Willpower Fatigue?

Today's guest post comes from Sarah Roberts, Ph.D. candidate in Psychology at  the University of Quebec in Montreal and blogger a...

Can Mindfulness Make You Happier?

Today's guest post comes from Sarah Roberts, Ph.D. candidate in Psychology at  the University of Quebec in Montreal and blogger a...

No Pain, No Gain: The Psychology of Self-Punishment

Source One of my favorite professors once told the following story: She was in the check-out line at the grocery store, and two young childr...

How to trick yourself into keeping your New Year's Resolution

Source Year after year we make ambitious New Year's Resolutions, 90% of which ultimately fail, according to a  2007 study . There is no ...

Modern Day Freudian Slips

Source George H. W. Bush once made the following classic Freudian slip in a public speech: "For seven and a half years I've worked ...

An unending supply of willpower? All it takes is believing

Need willpower? When you have to work hard on a task that requires a lot of concentration, do you find yourself losing concentration after a...

Increase working memory, decrease alcohol consumption in problem drinkers

source There are many theories about why individuals engage in heavy alcohol consumption. One general theory psychologists refer to is calle...

The Plastic Brain

Today we would like to present you with the second of our series of guest bloggers. Allyson Mackey is a graduate student in the neuroscience...

Flexing the Muscle that is Self-Control

source College was a busy time for me and by extension a trying period for my roommate Vanessa. Unlike the average 19 year old, Vanessa had ...

Friday Fun? See a clip of the classic Bobo Doll experiment

source Introductory psychology courses almost always include a lecture or two on Albert Bandura ’s Social Learning Theory . This theory pro...

How to get to the gym when you would rather sit on the couch.

source For months now a good friend has been trying to convince me to run a half marathon with him. Each time the conversation comes up I ca...

The Unfaithful: Who is most likely to cheat?

Another celebrity love child scandal As a culture, we are fascinated with infidelity - philandering politicians and celebrities always make ...

One cookie or Two: Part 3

source Today I will wrap up this mini-series on delay of gratification . What have you learned from parts 1 and 2 ? Delay of gratification ...

Science and The Secret: Can beliefs create reality?

Source A few years ago a book and film called  The Secret   took the country by storm, partly thanks to  Oprah's glowing endorsement.  I...

One cookie or two: Part 2

source Last week I introduced you to work on delay of gratification – the ability to forgo an immediate, but less desirable reward, in or...

One cookie or two?

source In early life we fixate on the here and now. We're driven solely by pleasure (e.g. food, social contact), and have no sense of t...