Problems of Social Media in Evolutionary Perspective
Social networks solved problems of survival in the evolutionary past. Social media today are used for different purposes.
View ArticleGreen Spending and Gender
Much consumer spending is discretionary, so changing habits can help protect the planet, but men and women approach environmentally-conscious spending in different ways.
View ArticleIs It a Mistake to Exercise for Weight Loss?
Physically active communities experience lower levels of obesity. So how could a Time magazine article advise people not to exercise for weight loss?
View ArticleWhy Loneliness Is a Killer
Loneliness is more dangerous than smoking 15 cigarettes a day. This is a sobering conclusion at a time when loneliness is increasing in the U.S., particularly for the young.
View ArticleWhy Sugar Is So Dangerous
Excessive sugar consumption is one of the primary challenges to health in modern societies. Sweetness is highly attractive, but sugar is a risk factor for leading causes of death.
View ArticleWhy We Are Lonely and What to Do About It
Our subsistence ancestors likely did not suffer from loneliness. So why has social disconnection become such a threat?
View ArticleNature Often Defies Sharp Categories
In the natural world, sharp division into categories reflects how our minds work more than what is actually there.
View ArticleSome Reasons Not to Fear Artificial Intelligence
Paranoia about artificial intelligence includes the view that it will attack our individuality by outdoing human creativity and ingenuity. Such fears may be overblown.
View ArticleObesity as a Disease of Civilization
When it comes to being overweight, we experience the wrong sort of guilt.
View ArticleThe Harm Done by Social Media
Technology is neither inherently good nor inherently bad. Yet, social media has disrupted modern societies in many ways, some of them harmful.
View ArticleWhy Narcissism Plus Fame Can Mean Violence
A Personal Perspective: Famous people have a license to behave badly and may feel that rules do not apply to them. One result is conflict with authority. Another is violence.
View ArticleDog Domestication Changed Both Our Brains
Dog domestication reduced the brain size of humans as well as dogs.
View ArticleThe Secret of Long Life in Places Like Okinawa and Sardinia
Communities where loneliness is rare foster exceptionally long lives. Their health-promoting practices minimize loneliness.
View ArticleWork Addiction, What It Is, Where It Came From
Addiction to work seems normal in the U.S. and other developed countries, but it is not healthy.
View ArticleExercise May Turn Fat Into a Weight Regulator
Researchers are discovering ways that white fat gets changed into beige fat, which burns energy rather than storing it.
View ArticleHow Physical Activity Sharpens the Mind
Movement shapes our thinking. This truth cuts across neuroscience, clinical psychology, exercise physiology, and the psychology of aging.
View ArticleHow We Destroy the Environment by Flying
Even keen environmentalists continue to fly despite increasing their carbon footprint. How can psychologists account for such cognitive inconsistency?
View ArticleWhy Narcissism Is Rising
There was a steady increase in narcissism among college students from one decade to the next. Why are young people so obsessed with themselves compared to earlier generations?
View ArticleHow People Become Emotionally Invested in Hate
Factional hatred has a powerful emotional hold over us even though it hurts us practically, psychologically, and somatically.
View ArticleThe Social Media Mob
The Internet adds new twists to mob psychology, but the beast remains much the same.
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