Hot or not? Men agree on attractiveness, women don’t

Featured, Mental, Relational

Hot or not? Men agree on the answer. Women don’t. There is much more consensus among men about whom they find attractive than there is among women, according to a new study by Wake Forest University psychologist Dustin Wood and Claudia Brumbaugh of Queens...

What you see depends on how you feel

Mental, News

A University of Toronto study provides the first direct evidence that our mood literally changes the way our visual system filters our perceptual experience – suggesting that seeing the world through rose-colored glasses is more biological reality than metaphor....

Depressed people have trouble learning “good things in life”

Mental, News

While depression is often linked to negative thoughts and emotions, a new study suggests the real problem may be a failure to appreciate positive experiences. Researchers at Ohio State University found that depressed and non-depressed people were about equal in their...

Financial security, more than money alone, may be key to happiness

Featured, Financial, Mental, News

A study of the mental state of the modern American woman by a Princeton University psychologist has found a powerful link between concerns over financial security and satisfaction with one’s life. In looking toward the future, women who concentrated much of...

Time is what we make of it

Mental, News

Ask anyone working on a project, and the biggest complaint one hears is “There’s not enough time.” But instead of more time, maybe what they need is a change of perception. “Research has shown that it’s not necessarily the time pressure,...

Buying experiences, not possessions, leads to greater happiness

Mental, News

Can money make us happy if we spend it on the right purchases? A new psychology study suggests that buying life experiences rather than material possessions leads to greater happiness for both the consumer and those around them. The study demonstrates that...