The famous 1960′s “Marshmallow Experiment” performed by Walter Mischel is a historical study about pre-school children’s ability to delay gratification. Mischel put children alone in a room with a marshmallow and promised the children a second marshmallow if they could wait … Read More
If you’ve ever been to a foreign country and felt like you just didn’t fit in, there may be a deep cultural personality mismatch going on-and not because of the language barrier. Having a sense of satisfaction with life and … Read More
A new study examining the Self-Discrepancy Theory, which predicts emotional outcomes based on the differences between self-concept and the actual self, may provide another reason why some people suffer from depression. Self-Discrepancy Theory was developed in 1987 by Edward Tory … Read More
When you’re depressed, you don’t feel like doing much of anything, especially the most important or the most pressing things. So you put things off, but you blame yourself for not doing them. Then your self-criticism and the weight of … Read More
It isn’t just your mother who tells you that good things come to those who wait: your brain does, too! According to new scientific research by Dr. Jan Peters and Christian Büchel, the human brain is wired to help encourage … Read More
We’re all familiar with the scenario: a deadline for a big project is looming, but rather than tackling the job head-on we procrastinate. We’ll do anything, from watching television to cleaning, to avoid starting the “big project.” This avoidance causes … Read More
