Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence

One study estimated that 80% of people include “deviations” from the truth in their online profiles.
People tend to underestimate how much a friend they’ve lost contact with would enjoy a simple note saying "hi."
When it comes to vetting people for friendship, body odor seems to be a decisive factor.
A painting of an elderly man with long white hair and beard, wearing a red robe, surrounded by clouds with a halo above his head, set against a soft green sky—inviting reflection on beliefs and the types of atheism.
Just as there are many types of believers, there's not only one type of atheist.
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Evolutionary psychology could explain those otherworldly feelings.
catch a liar
In a world where we assume people tell the truth, liars prosper. To stop them from exploiting others, here are three rules to catch a liar.
Peaky Blinders Tommy Shelby
The Netflix show about a Birmingham crime family and their personal demons concluded earlier this month. 
What’s one of the most reliable indicators that a first date is going well? The answer might lie in how closely the couple is matching each other’s behavior and physiology. […]
success
Success can be measured in different ways. When it hinges entirely on our careers, we fall victim to a devastating addiction.
arguing
Arguments are a normal and often healthy part of a relationship. It all depends on picking the right kind of arguments, though.
Pain makes sense from an evolutionary perspective. What's puzzling is why so many of us choose to seek out painful experiences.
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words for love
You can love a romantic partner, but also a pet, a book, God, or the sound of someone’s voice. We need many more words for love.
If argumentation led to nothing, it would soon be thrown into the evolutionary dustbin.
Does your father say "I love you," or express it in another way?
In "The Secret Life of Secrets", Michael Slepian explores how holding secrets affects our relationships, psychology, and well-being.
animal emotions
We already know animals feel emotions, and that they can understand humans' emotions. But can they understand each other's emotions?
peer coaching
Peer coaching can play a key role in building resilient, high-performing teams, while allowing remote workers to connect with one another from afar. 
Four sequential diagrams of a figure skater performing moves within oval tracks, each position numbered from 1 to 58 on a blue background—visually illustrating how to change habits through step-by-step progress.
Willpower alone likely isn't enough to replace a bad habit with a good one.
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Two black-and-white illustrations blur reality: a woman sits on a chair, while another person’s head unexpectedly emerges through a hole in the floor beneath a nearby chair.
Signals from the environment, such as those detected by your sense organs, have no inherent psychological meaning. Your brain creates the meaning.
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Aristotle's ancient virtues play a vital role in today's war.
The Spanish language has the ability to minimize and exaggerate by the simple addition of a suffix.
Safety through technology is no bad thing—Nietzsche himself sought doctors and medicines throughout his life—but it can become pathological.
It may depend on whether you're an "easily empathetically embarrassed" person.
The ability is tied to mental health, consciousness, and memory in humans.
Democrat elephant faces the Republican donkey
People underestimate their opponent’s capacity to feel basic human sensations. We can short-circuit this impulse through moral reframing and perspective taking.
When was the last time you spent some quality time with yourself?