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• [article] Are you brave enough to be creative? — 1 Jul 2015
  <p>Into yoga? Because I’m about to talk about yoga that’ll work your creative flexibility (and by the time I’m finished, you might be into actual yoga too). You might have noticed that the more creative people are often more noticeably different. You migh…
• [article] Why you can't get rid of the rubbish in your garage — 26 Jun 2015
  <p>Have you got a bunch of crap in your wardrobe gathering dust? I have. In fact, in almost every storage space I have, I could list at least one or two things that haven’t been used for months. Very occasionally, this stuff is important. I mean, I don’t …
• [article] The 'truth' about panic attacks (and why everyone is vulnerable) — 24 Jun 2015
  <p>Anxiety is a normal healthy emotion. It’s thought to be a <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" class="external-link" href="http://www.academia.edu/1173312/Anxiety_An_Evolutionary_Approach">function of our survival</a>. When we become anxious, our…
• [article] Broken Brains - the terrifying things everyone is capable of doing (Part 4) — 19 Jun 2015
  <p>Imagine one of the most complicated Lego contraptions you ever built without using the instructions. Did you ever run out of the pieces you needed to finish it? Maybe substituted two little, different coloured blocks for one long one? It wasn’t perfect…
• [article] How some 'psychics' use psychology to screw you — 17 Jun 2015
  Let’s cut to the chase. Most psychics are crooks. Most horoscopes are fluff. Most ‘clairvoyants’ are cheats. Whatever truth there is to be known is obscured by legions of charlatans and the Forer effect is one reason why.
• [article] How poverty stops you thinking straight (and other things) — 15 Jun 2015
  <h1 class="null">The Weekly Dispatch</h1> We curate the best psychological dirt from all over the web each week so you don’t have to. Get a jumpstart on the week, over your cup of morning coffee or on the way to work with The Weekly Dispatch. <h3>&lt;a href=…
• [article] One simple sentence literally doubles your persuasiveness - But-You-Are Free — 12 Jun 2015
  <p>Wish you could get more people to say ‘yes’? Well, according to thirteen years of research, by adding one sentence to your arsenal of persuasive techniques, you could literally double your success in almost any context. Seriously, it has that robust an…
• [article] How a dodgy source will persuade you better - the sleeper effect — 5 Jun 2015
  <p>Do you believe in subliminal messaging? The idea of secret messages influencing our thoughts without our knowledge is a scary idea. Fortunately, the research indicates that although it might have some effects, it won’t make you do anything you didn’t &lt;…
• [article] Photoshop for the mind - the halo effect — 3 Jun 2015
  <p>This one phenomenon makes you ignore people’s flaws. It’s the reason that you will pay as much as double for a brand name or ignore the flaws of certain people. It’s called the ‘halo effect’ and although it was discovered as early as 1920, it has just …
• [article] Why you aren't as happy as you could be — 29 May 2015
  <p>You could be as happy as a lottery winner (without winning the lottery) according to science. Since David Gilbert and his colleagues’ <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" class="external-link" href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9781405">sem…
• [article] How having choices makes us unhappy (and how to make them work for you) — 27 May 2015
  <p>Our brain cuts corners. It’s nothing but an overgrown shortcut maker. The wise ruler, <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" class="external-link" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Atreides">Paul Atreides</a> once said that the easy (safe, cl…
• [article] How 'self-control' might make you unhappier (and other things) — 25 May 2015
  <h1 class="null">The <a href="https://btr.mt/analects/poverty-stops-performance-and-other-things">Weekly Dispatch</a></h1> We curate the best psychological dirt from all over the web each week so you don’t have to. Get a jumpstart on the week, over your cup of morning coffee or…
• [article] Why incompetent people are unaware of how incompetent they are — 22 May 2015
  The more ignorant we are of something, the more likely we are to disregard it and more importantly, the more likely we are to think we’re accomplished at it. This is a problem, for obvious reasons.
• [article] Why we're committing ecocide - the psychology (and other things) — 18 May 2015
  <h1 id="the-weekly-dispatch"><a href="#the-weekly-dispatch" class="heading-permalink" aria-hidden="true" title="Heading Permalink">¶</a>The <a href="https://btr.mt/analects/poverty-stops-performance-and-other-things">Weekly Dispatch</a></h1> <p>We curate …
• [article] Don't waste time on 'promising' relationships — 15 May 2015
  Opposites attract. But birds of a feather flock together. The question is, which one wins out? The short answer is both, but opposites attracting is much more dangerous. It gives rise to ‘fatal’ attraction.