Twitter is an unsocial network. 59% of people check email from the bathroom. Online daters do lie, but only a little.
These are just a few of the psychological insights revealed in more than 50 internet psychology studies. Read on for more on how people's behaviour has adapted (or not) to the demands of the online society.
- Twitter: 10 Psychological Insights: psychological research on Twitter reveals who tweets, how much, what they talk about and why.
- Email's Dark Side: 10 Psychology Studies: like the telephone or the TV, email is a technology so embedded in our lives, we think nothing of it.
- Six Causes of Online Disinhibition: The online disinhibition effect has cost people their jobs, their income and their relationships, yet many are still oblivious to it.
- Facebook: 7 Highly Effective Habits: Quick 7-point primer on the psychology of Facebook.
- Online Dating: 10 Psychological Insights: Psychological research reveals who uses internet dating and why, which strategies work, and uncovers the truth about lying online.
- Does Internet Use Lead to Addiction, Loneliness, Depression…and Syphilis? Is the internet bad for us? Psychological research on the link between internet use and addiction, loneliness and depression.
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How to Be Creative
If we can all be creative, why is it so hard to come up with truly original ideas?
It's because creativity is mysterious. Just ask any scientist, artist, writer or other highly creative person to explain how they come up with brilliant ideas and, if they're honest, they don't really know.
But over the decades psychologists have given ordinary participants countless tests, forms and tasks and conducted hundreds of hours of interviews. From these emerge the psychological conditions of creativity.
Not what you should do, but how you should be...
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