The human brain is sophisticated. It separates us from all other animals. It allows us to have abstract ideas and to solve complex problems. We are rational social beings, or are we? Continue reading
Love is blind, according to Shakespeare and a new study.
What does it mean to fall in love? Continue reading
Posted in Attention, Cognitive Psychology, Emotions, Learning, Memory, Psychology, Self-control
Tagged empirical, experiment, research
Good morning self-control.
New experimental research by Kouchaki & Smith (2014), published in Psychological Science in January, shows that people are more likely to act ethically and to overcome temptation in the morning than later in the day. The authors refer to it as the morning morality effect. Continue reading
Posted in Moral, Self-control
Tagged experiment, goals, morality, self-control, self-regulation, temptation
It takes self-control to stop unhealthy habits.
When we think of people with a high self-control, we cannot avoid thinking about how restrained and deprived they might be. Whenever we restrain ourselves, we tend to think that we are missing something. Continue reading
Posted in Mental Health, Self-control, Success, Well-being
Tagged happiness, life satisfaction, self-control, self-discipline
What can explain a person’s tendency to shop impulsively? Personality, gender, age, and sensitivity to reward may explain it, research shows.
A study by Bratko and colleagues (2013) examined the relationship between personality and impulsive shopping. The study shows that personality can explain at least some of the difference in impulsive shopping behaviour. Continue reading
Posted in Behaviors, Psychology, Self-control, Shopping
Tagged impulsive, impulsivity, personality, research, reward system, shopping, traits
My name is Simon Moesgaard, a psychologist from Denmark, and this is my blog about psychology.
