Quiet dynamics do not work for new generations of workers. — By Grant H. Brenner and Santor Nishizaki As the pandemic leaves behind the tenor of crisis, winding down into an endemic phase of vaccine boosters, and attention shifts to new global threats, the workplace-rattled by years of upheaval and economic instability-continues to roil with unpredictability as a young generation of…

We need to understand how lies spread in order to secure the truth. — Misinformation is like a disease. Understanding how it spreads is key for stopping it. Given the information environment we are in, getting a handle on what is true and what is misleading is not just a question of integrity and morality but a matter of survival. Disinformation kills people. Poor…

Romance and friendship clash in the boundary-blurring twilight of the friendzone. — Relationships are shifting, as noted by authors of a recent study of “friendzoning” (LeFebvre et al., 2022), in the journal Imagination, Cognition, and Personality: Consciousness in Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice: “People habitually do not process new information and use old stereotypes as relationship behavioral guides; as such, they are…

A new inventory serves as a foundation to further public health by identifying the many facets of maleficence. — “The history of man is a graveyard of great cultures that came to catastrophic ends because of their incapacity for planned, rational, voluntary reaction to challenge.” -Erich Fromm Questions surrounding the nature of evil have been of profound importance for humanity since time immemorial. When we try to make sense…

Research highlights the crucial connection between leader curiosity, psychological safety, and follower voice. — “The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.” -Erich Fromm Curiosity is a powerful driver of human behavior, necessary for survival from an evolutionary point of view, and considered to be one of the core motivational systems baked into the…

Research shows that interpersonal communication is complex — yet what impacts us most may be what comes out of our own mouths — How we communicate with others is integral to how satisfying and successful relationships with those others are. People in long-term romantic relationships know this to be the case, but research has for years sought to parse out precisely what the connections among different forms of communication and relationship satisfaction actually…

A growing body of research on subjective age is finding that feeling young at heart is associated with various indicators of health and well-being. How old do you feel? — The other day, I got on the elevator in my building with an endearingly eccentric older gentleman who lives on our floor. Over the years, we’ve had a few brief, largely one-sided conversations during which he shares deep proclamations in an incongruously mellifluous “radio voice”, but he generally keeps to…

A new review pinpoints which aspects of mindfulness buffer the impact of trauma, with analysis and practical implications — Not everyone who experiences profound distress will develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)-and most responses to trauma resolve naturally over time with conservative management. However, as reported by the National Center for PTSD, 8 percent of women and 4 percent of men develop PTSD after trauma-about 12 million people per year…

Research on BPD identifies core day-to-day factors associated with either high or low function and well-being. — As the veil of stigma lifts, with each new revelation of the impact of mental illness on life and death, public interest and sophistication around personality and relationships are rising exponentially. Media portrayals, celebrity behavior, depictions of troubled superheroes and villains, and journalistic analysis are increasingly psychologized, with an exponentially-increasing…