From the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology comes a study based around the question “Why are narcissists so charming at first sight?”: First, narcissism leads to popularity at first sight. Second, the aspects of narcissism that are most maladaptive in the long run (exploitativeness/entitlement) proved to be most attractive at zero acquaintance. Third, an...
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My friend Rachel Astruc pointed me to a Business Week article on how to spark innovation and creativity that’s worth a read. BPS Research Digest profiles a study about how performing horizontal eye movement exercises may boost your creativity. The journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts has a study (and in typical APA...
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Had an interesting abstract run across my virtual desk today with somewhat of a parallel to my earlier post talking about Warren Ellis’ idea of the importance of letting your brain out to hunt ideas. The journal Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts had this to say in an article titled “Researching imaginative play...
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