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By Kiran Journals · Aug 4, 2026

Psychology says if you bring up these topics in a conversation to fill an awkward pause, you may be quietly revealing…

Aug 4 A 1969 study found that explicitly telling people they could draw outside the nine-dot puzzle's boundary barely… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 4 A Danish trial gave 290 first-time-parent couples a structured emotional-intelligence-style relationship course… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 4 A Danish colleague's blunt, unsoftened feedback and a French colleague's carefully cushioned criticism can carry the… lachlan
Aug 4 Researchers who asked baby boomers what frustrates them most about younger generations at work found the answer had… Kiran Journals
Aug 3 Psychology says that the moment you become known as the strong one, the reliable one, the person who always shows up… Kiran Journals
Aug 3 The idea that introverts are simply cleverer does not hold up, but a large study found something subtler lachlan
Aug 3 Most people don't realise how much of their exhaustion comes from performing warmth they don't actually feel The Balance
Aug 3 We treat the person who talks most in the room as the most capable, but research on the babble effect finds that… lachlan
Aug 3 The Atacama Desert is so dry that parts receive less than two millimetres of rain a year, and its salty, oxidising… Scandinavia Standard Editorial Team
Aug 3 Psychology says the first thing that goes in retirement isn't purpose Brendan Brown
Aug 3 Psychology says people who genuinely don't care what others think aren't rude or selfish Brendan Brown
Aug 3 Psychology says the loneliest people in life aren't the ones nobody likes Brendan Brown
Aug 3 We are far worse at predicting our own happiness than we assume lachlan
Aug 3 Research on parental speech that damages a child relationship points to felt financial pressure and conditional… lachlan
Aug 3 People searching for signs their friends secretly tolerate them are working from a documented bias lachlan
Aug 3 A 2008 experiment found people who spent money on strangers felt happier than those who spent it on themselves, though… lachlan
Aug 3 A 2009 study of more than 2,000 people found self-compassion predicted steadier self-worth through failure than… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 2 A nine-study 2004 paper developed an entitlement scale Scandinavia Standard
Aug 2 The belief that living near the sea makes people happier is more than a holiday feeling lachlan