Altruism During the Pandemic Linked to Common Root
Quick, how likely would you be to: Follow the World Health Organization guidelines on social distancing and hygiene? Donate your own...
Pandemic Blues? Try Nature
By this point, we're no doubt all familiar with the lowered mood associated with life during the COVID-19 pandemic.The combination of...
The Over-the-Counter Medicine That Increases Your Risk-Taking
We tend to think of our personalities as pretty fixed and stable. We divide ourselves into introverts and extroverts, dreamers and...
The Furry Robot Factor
Image source: Gurion University of the Negevl. As many pet owners know, in hard times, it can be very helpful to have a furry little...
The Loneliness Epidemic
There's an epidemic sweeping the world, and it's not the one you think. A new paper published in the Trends in Cognitive Sciences journal...
Mental Health in a Time of Quarantine
It will probably not come as a surprise to you that life during a pandemic can be challenging for one's mental health. Even the CDC...
Dead Certain: The Dangers of Skepticism in a COVID-19 World
By now, all our lives have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Events have been canceled. Movie theaters and restaurants stand empty....
Obligation During Social Distancing
As Covid-19 forces us indoors, people are more and more relying on their social circles, for favors big and small. William Chopik,...
