Lying about performance on one task may increase creativity on a subsequent task by making people feel less bound by conventional rules, according to research.
Members of a group or team will work harder when they're competing against a group with lower status than when pitted against a more highly ranked group.
A lot can change in 20 years. If you had a PC 20 years ago, you probably had a 386 or 486 running MS-DOS 5.0 and possibly Windows 3.0. No smart phones. No iPods or iTunes. No web browsers. No Google or Yahoo. No YouTube. No social media unless you liked BBSing.
There are plenty of pitfalls that can distract you from getting your work done. Here we look at 10 ways to ensure you’re set up for success in your home office.
I'm often asked how you can start doing work you love - how you can make a living doing something you’re passionate about.
Although the marketing slogan suggests that Barbie can "Be Anything," girls who play with this extremely popular doll see fewer career options available to themselves compared to boys.
Scientists have identified for the first time a particular gene's link to optimism, self-esteem and "mastery," the belief that one has control over one's own life — three critical psychological resources for coping well with stress and depression.
Research shows that how people view their abilities in the workplace impacts how they respond to success.
Do you have difficulty saying “no”? Are you always trying to be nice to others at the expense of yourself?
Iconoclasts are individuals who do things that others say can't be done.
Whether it's sports, poker or the high-stakes world of business, there are those who always find a way to win when there's money on the table.
When dreaming is believing: Dreams affect people's judgment, behavior
Whether bloggers are writing to change the world, or just discussing a bad break-up, they may get an extra boost of motivation from traffic-measuring and interactive tools that help them feel more connected to and more influential in their communities.
Psychological scientists have found that the size of different parts of people's brains correspond to their personalities; for example, conscientious people tend to have a bigger lateral prefrontal cortex, a region of the brain involved in planning and controlling behavior.
A study finds that men are more likely to share their creative work online than women, despite the fact that women and men engage in creative activities at essentially equal rates.
Styles change and fashions evolve. But why do some things become more popular than others?
Students, athletes and performing artists are often advised to imagine themselves performing successfully. But is that motivation influenced by what perspective they take when imagining their performance?
Most self-help books on the subject offer tips on how to maximize one’s bliss, but one study suggests that moderate happiness may be preferable to full-fledged elation.
We all know marketing is key to small business survival and success, but it can be overwhelming to know what to do to be an effective marketer.
If you want to be an effective entrepreneur, you should have at least 10 good friends who are already successful entrepreneurs. Few entrepreneurs succeed in isolation, because, business is a social game.
It's not just in movies where nerds get their revenge.
When people feel they’ve hit a roadblock in reaching a personal goal, such as losing weight, a change in perspective...
Happy individuals are predisposed to seek out and undertake new goals in life and this reinforces positive emotions, say researchers who examined the connections between desirable characteristics, life successes and well-being of over 275,000 people.
Can money make us happy if we spend it on the right purchases?
Contributors get noticed and attract new friends and opportunities easily, and contributing is much easier than you might assume
It's often said that women can have it all - motherhood and a career. But a study suggests that women who rule the household have less energy for or interest in being a rising star in the workplace.
While some psychologists still argue that people perform better when they do something because they want to, research suggests we shouldn't even make that distinction.
How does someone else’s success mean anything bad for you?
The paradox of happiness is that chasing it may actually make us less happy, a Stanford researcher says.
Often we're discouraged because of some tough challenge or obstacle in our way. But a shift in mindset, courtesy of a Zen proverb, can change everything: The obstacle is the path.