Here are the top 5 articles published on PsyBlog in August 2013.
1. Which Professions Have The Most Psychopaths?
According to a survey conducted by psychologist Kevin Dutton—called the Great British Psychopath Survey—here are the top 10 professions with the most psychopaths:
- CEO
- Lawyer… more—>
2. What Caffeine Really Does to Your Brain
Some of caffeine’s effects are strange and contradictory. In many ways caffeine’s effect on your mind is much more about what you expect than what it actually does… more—>
3. Eight Easy Bodily Actions That Transform Mental Performance
People tend to assume that body language just expresses how we feel inside. But it also works the other way: how we hold our bodies affects how we feel and think in all sorts of fascinating ways… more—>
4. Four Qualities of Truly Horrible Managers
Surveys keep telling us that between 65% and 75% of people rate their managers as the worst aspect of their jobs.
Is this just baseless moaning, or are they right? more—>
5. Debunked: ‘Right-Brain’ and ‘Left-Brain’ Personalities
There’s a popular assumption that ‘right-brained’ people are more creative, while ‘left-brained’ people are more analytical and logical.
Now researchers have done much to debunk this idea by examining the functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans of over 1,000 people… more—>
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