Happiness might make you less creative. This is why
A look at research examining creativity and our mood.
Battle or journey? Why the way we talk about cancer matters
When we talk about cancer, we often use words like ‘battle’ and ‘fight’. Could this language affect treatment of the disease?
Facebook could be changing our offline social lives too
Research looks at the impact of Facebook on our social lives - both online and offline.
Blue or black? 12 dots or 3? The science of optical illusions - and why they matter
Visual tricks are not just trivial fodder for online spats: they help us to understand the complex and sometimes deceptive ways in which our brains work.
11 ways to outsmart your brain and be a better leader
Switch your email off and redesign meetings so that women don't get interrupted, for starters.
Want to be a great parent? Let your children be bored
Teresa Belton explores the research behind the advantages of being bored.
Think working long hours is a good thing? This is why you’re wrong
All this bragging about working long hours is doing us no good at all.
This machine can read your emotions
A team at MIT have developed a device that uses radio waves to predict your emotion.
Psychotextiles' can change patterns – and your mood
Researchers are studying the impact of different patterns on our emotions, and using it to develop 'psychotextiles' that can change between patterns.
Economic models say we make rational choices. Do we?
Nicholas Hanley examines whether we make rational choices and the possible influence of emotion.
This is what successful and happy people focus on
Dr Travis Bradberry on long-term success and happiness.
11 ways nudge theory works in the real world
Behavioral economics could improve the world, but only if nudges are used properly.