Social awkwardness, shyness: most of us have experienced such feelings at one time or another. In a recent post, I drew upon the unusual America's Got Talent performance of Courtney Hadwin to ...

1. Orientation -- Causation and the Search for Determinants -- Views Concerning the Nature of Motivation -- Points of View and Psychological Relativity -- 2. Forms and Determinants of Activity -- ...

Approach motivation in right- and left-handers. The way we use our hands may determine how emotions are organized in our brains, according to a new study led by Geoffrey Brookshire, a Ph.D. student in ...

However, as each of us knows all too well, happiness isn’t all that exists, and it’s certainly not the culmination of a life’s worth of experiences. In a world where happiness (something that looks ...

In 1990, two psychologists offered the first formulation of a concept they called “emotional intelligence.” In 1995, science writer Daniel Goleman published his best-seller, Emotional Intelligence.

I’m willing to bet if you opened up Facebook right now, you’d most likely see some sort of quote. Maybe it’s something about “not giving up” attributed to some figurehead you’re familiar with. Which, ...

Approach motivation in right- and left-handers. The way we use our hands may determine how emotions are organized in our brains, according to a new study led by Geoffrey Brookshire, a Ph.D. student in ...