Here are all the blog posts on this site:
Archives
- Carlos Sainz and the Surprising Sadness of Second Place
- The “hot hand” in basketball – is it real, or just an illusion?
- Beyond money: towards an economy of well-being (Diener and Seligman, 2004)
- The evolution of gratitude
- PredPol – Predicting crime through data mining
- Is obesity actually a marker for an underlying condition?
- Richard Feynman on thinking processes.
- Alan Wallace on scientific dogmatism and materialism
- Daphne Bavelier gives a nice overview of the cognitive benefits of video games
- Opinions on free will by Steven Pinker, Michio Kaku, Sam Harris, Dan Dennett, Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss
- The problem with the gaming/cognitive functioning link
- How to improve social anxiety by training your attention
- Psychic powers, the collective consciousness and publication bias (and Ben Goldacre)
- 6 ways that the influence of Facebook has changed our lives
- Is porn bad for you?
- Evolution has no goal
- Is food addictive?
- How to dance according to science (includes videos!)
- Can being an expert undermine your performance?
- Is it better to use pictures or words when learning languages?
- 3D Printing – A new form of life?
- Why debating doesn’t work (and how to fix it)
- Where is my mind? Is the materialistic model of reality incorrect?
- Playing Tetris reduces the effects of traumatic events
- Open listening: a way to improve spoken language comprehension
- Playing Medal of Honor improves cognitive abilities
- The cognitive benefits of playing video games
- The phonological loop and language comprehension
- Bilinguals perform better in the false belief task
- Resilience applied to food
- Piracetam – The nootropic with many uses
- Is minimalism a good thing?
- Why are some people more driven than others???
- Is marriage unnatural?? – the hypothesis
- Sex and Death
- Mindfulness helps people with substance use disorders
- Valentine’s day romance research round-up
- Even brief meditation improves cognitive function – Mindfulness vs. The Hobbit
- Awareness of the body is related to intuition – but can sometimes lead to the wrong decisions!
- Meditation is associated with changes in the physical structure of the brain
- Meditation versus relaxation
- Do you get back from meditation what you expect?
- Guided Meditations
- Meditation for beginners
- Six Success-Enhancing Behaviours that Good Moods Bring You
- How to manage your weaknesses
- How to identify your strengths. Part 1: Self-Reflection
- How to identify your strengths. Part 2: Questionnaires
- Strengths and Weaknesses
- What to do with your Strengths
- Leadership strengths
- Five things everybody needs to know about materialism
- Does Happiness Lead to Success? Part 3: Health
- Does Happiness Lead to Success? Part 2: Love and Relationships
- Does Happiness Lead to Success? Part 1: Work
- Money and pain
- The impact of 9/11 on American character
- Battle Of The Strengths: Values In Action Vs StrengthsFinder
- Happiness and music
- Flowers = Happiness? The emotional impact of plants
- Some Thoughts And Questions On Csikszentmihalyi’s Flow
- Terror Management Theory – I don’t want to die! (But I do want to shop…)
- The Values In Action (VIA) strengths model – can character be measured?
- Does happiness have to cost the Earth?
- Why Should Happiness Boost The Immune System?
- How relevant is Buddhism to positive psychology?
- How relevant is neuroscience to positive psychology?
- What is positive psychology?
- Happiness Broadens your Thoughts and Actions
- The Happiness Formula
- Happiness is partly genetic
- Wanting is a Separate Thing to Liking
- Hedonic Adaptation
- The progress principle
- Which gender is the happiest?
- Does autonomy make you happy?
- Does good health make you happy?
- Do social relationships make you happy?
- Are religious people happier than atheists?
- Do children make you happy?
- Does marriage make you happy?
- Can money buy happiness?
- Can happiness be measured?
- What is happiness?
- Degree in forensic psychology
- Famous people with a psychology degree
- Growth mindset versus fixed mindset
- Use your dissertation as a career tool
- MDMA (Ecstasy) and alcohol: a critical review of research of effects on mood and cognition in recreational users.
- Three quick but effective note taking tips
- What the hell is Bonferroni correction?
- The 28 best psychology blogs on the internet, organised by topic
- Between participants and within participants designs explained
- Four ways to boost your creativity when writing
- The incredible reason why you should be exercising regularly
- Obesity, junk food, and the brain – tugging the human instinct in an unhealthy direction
- Is Emotional Intelligence really an intelligence?
- Tim Ferriss, Email, and science reporting – Weeding out the bad data on productivity
- Who needs self-esteem anyway?
- Can humour be learned?
- The evolution of optimism
- Can we develop psychological resilience through physical activity?
- Is love really blind? Positive illusions in relationships
- Love on the brain
- Sternberg’s triangular theory of love
- Casual sex in college
- Useful, free speed reading tool
- Approaches to cognitive psychology
- Differential Susceptibility – Are some brains more plastic than others?
- Between work and leisure – Escaping The Grey Zone
- Emotional Information
- Positive affirmations don’t work!
- Using a Wiki to organise your notes
- A guide to emotional intelligence
- Weaknesses of the working memory model
- Why 88% of New Years' resolutions fail
- Subliminal Advertising: Should we be worried?
- 6 Strengths of the working memory model
- 3 Keys to fantastic memory
- Change Blindness
- Baddeley and Hitch: Working Memory
- Creativity and Originality
- How to find elusive papers and books
- Absolute beginner’s guide to having a lucid dream
- The Buddhist Brain
- Positive Psychology Resources
- Smoking may cause cognitive functions to decline
- Mental time travel for happiness
- Do you hate the sound of your voice?
- Smoking and Stress
- Why is Smoking Addictive?
- How to make people "get with the program"
- 6 simple ways to get more tips as a server
- Mindless behaviour: How to skip to the front of a queue
- What happens when we label people?
- How to increase survey response rates using Post-It notes
- What is beauty?
- Rewards and Motivation
- The Happiest Country
- Is time management important for students?
- Practical Priming
- Positive Priming
- Where to find good information online
- "You can do anything you set your mind to" Vs "Stick to your strengths"
- 21 days to form a habit? Bullshit!
- Self Determination Theory – Finding the right kind of motivation
- Divided Minds
- How to be Lucky
- The Self-Help Book Reader’s Guide
- The Self-Help Industry
- How to be Happier – 10 positive psychology interventions
- Happiness Measure: The Satisfaction With Life Scale
- The end of polyphasic sleep
- Is reducing the amount of sleep you get harmful?