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• You suck! Now what? The psychology of handling criticism

  Nobody likes being told that they suck at anything. But no matter how you dress it up, that’s what most of us hear when ...

  • Kayla Matthews

• The psychology of music: why mood and memory matter

  Abhilasha Shah is a PR/Communications intern, studying communications and psychology at the University of Michigan. This ...

  • Abhilasha Shah

• The psychological addiction behind Facebook's success

  The truth is that Facebook allows us to connect not only with loved ones, but with our fundamental human needs.

  • Liraz Margalit

• 5 psychological challenges facing wearables, quantified self and behavior change apps

  With technology up to speed and behavior change apps going mainstream, will we see gym attendance reach all-time highs? I ...

  • Max Ogles

• 7 social media psychology studies that will make your marketing smarter

  One of my favorite things about social media is that it’s still such a young and new form of communication. It feels too ...

  • Courtney Seiter

• The psychology behind optimizing your website for goal-oriented and unintentional visitors

  After a long day at work, people often find themselves in need of a mental break, and one of the most popular ways is to ...

  • Liraz Margalit

• 3 psychological traps that keep your startup in the trough of sorrow

  How you handle plateaus psychologically will determine whether you remain stalled there forever and your company ends up ...

  • Walter Chen

• The psychology of side projects: How creative hobbies improve our performance at everything

  You don’t have to create a million-dollar company to get your time’s worth from a side project because they can make ...

  • Kevan Lee

• Psykopaint iPad painting app serves up Monet, Van Gogh brush strokes with 3D flair

  There’s no shortage of drawing and painting apps for the iPad, but a new one has just hit the scene that will be sure ...

  • Jackie Dove

• Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg apologizes for psychological News Feed experiment

  Facebook's chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg has admitted that a week-long psychological experiment affecting almost ...

  • Nick Summers

• Facebook manipulated 690,000 users' News Feeds to run a psychology experiment

  The company once manipulated nearly 700,000 users' News Feed to test the effects of emotional content.

  • Jon Russell

• Messaging app Line offers free PSY stickers – but only if you watch his new single on YouTube first

  Every now and then, I'll get a push notification from Line telling me about its latest sticker packs. Today, the messaging ...

  • Nick Summers