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Email’s Dark Side: 10 Psychology Studies

1 September 2010

Email is a fantastic tool, but these ten psychology studies remind us of its dark side.

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Six Causes of Online Disinhibition

19 August 2010

The online disinhibition effect has cost people their jobs, their income and their relationships, yet many are still oblivious to it.

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Twitter: 10 Psychological Insights

10 August 2010

Psychological research on Twitter reveals who tweets, how much, what they talk about and why.

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Persuasion: The Third-Person Effect

3 August 2010

Why people think they are less influenced than others by adverts and persuasive messages.

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3 Universal Goals to Influence People

28 July 2010

Central to the art and science of persuasion is understanding the unconscious goals for which everyone is aiming.

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How Money Restricts Life’s Pleasures

20 July 2010

When you live in luxurious surroundings, have experienced the best restaurants and stayed in the most lavish hotels, it becomes more difficult to savour the simple things in life.

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Faking It: The Psychological Cost

9 July 2010

Experimental participants told they were wearing fake designer sunglasses twice as likely to cheat on a test.

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