BrainSnacks

The Social Intelligence Quiz is an online, interactive assessment tool that highlights key toxic or nourishing behaviors that affect success in relationships, jobs, and careers.

Will men in power react defensively to the media obsession with sexual misconduct by adopting the "Billy Graham rule" in dealing with the women in their environments?

It appears that more Americans prefer to believe in creationism, angels, and UFOs than in climate change and evolution.

The Oxford Dictionary of the English Language was built by crowd sourcing, back in the nineteenth century. Its most prolific contributor was clinically insane.

The French physician and scientist Louis Pasteur advised, "Chance favors the prepared mind."

Mindfulness

How to Develop "Zen Presence"

Karl Albrecht Ph.D. on August 31, 2017

Zen presence enables you to interact more rationally, intelligently, and creatively.

Zen presence enables you to interact more rationally, intelligently, and creatively.

If you love someone; if you appreciate them; if you're grateful to them - tell them now. One day it will be too late.

President Donald Trump

The Art (and Psychology) of the Handshake

Karl Albrecht Ph.D. on June 10, 2017

One of the many forms of amusement offered to observers of U.S. President Donald Trump is the "power handshake," also known colloquially as the "alpha" handshake.

One of the many forms of amusement offered to observers of U.S. President Donald Trump is the "power handshake," also known colloquially as the "alpha" handshake.

Attachment

The "Battered Voter" Syndrome

Karl Albrecht Ph.D. on June 4, 2017

The "battered spouse" syndrome has a counterpart in a "battered voter" syndrome, if people hold a dependent attachment to an "ideological package" inimical to their own interests.

The "battered spouse" syndrome has a counterpart in a "battered voter" syndrome, if people hold a dependent attachment to an "ideological package" inimical to their own interests.

President Donald Trump

Why the Pundits Can't Figure Out Donald Trump

Karl Albrecht Ph.D. on January 5, 2017

Those who despise Trump, and even those who worship him, can't seem to grasp the simple truth, which is: He Is Actually As Simple as He Appears. What you see is what you'll get.

Those who despise Trump, and even those who worship him, can't seem to grasp the simple truth, which is: He Is Actually As Simple as He Appears. What you see is what you'll get.

Intelligence

Famous Bad Calls

Karl Albrecht Ph.D. on December 28, 2016

These days, it's becoming more and more dangerous to take anything we read or hear on face value.

These days, it's becoming more and more dangerous to take anything we read or hear on face value.

Media

Fake News Isn’t New – It’s an American Tradition

Karl Albrecht Ph.D. on December 22, 2016

Quite a few people have gone down in history for what they didn't do, rather than for what they actually did.

Quite a few people have gone down in history for what they didn't do, rather than for what they actually did.

Politics

Minds in the White House—Update

Karl Albrecht Ph.D. on November 7, 2016

We need to pay attention to how our political leaders think as well as what they think. The unique cognitive style of the person who occupies the White House will shape our lives.

We need to pay attention to how our political leaders think as well as what they think. The unique cognitive style of the person who occupies the White House will shape our lives.

if the “monkey mind,” as the Eastern practitioners call it, has a mind of its own, how does one become more “mindful?” How can your mind stay focused, when it loves to wander?

When you press your magic reset button, you instantly distract your brain from its undesirable state of arousal, and you redirect its attention to a more positive feeling state.

Suppose a magic genie came to you and said, "You get ten ‘do-overs’ – ten revisions of your personal history." What ten choices would you make differently?

Confidence

Five Dysfunctional Directives We Can Live Without

Karl Albrecht Ph.D. on June 30, 2016

Letting go of any or all of the Big-Five directives requires finding, inside ourselves, a greater sense of self-love and self-confidence; the courage to embrace being human . . .

Letting go of any or all of the Big-Five directives requires finding, inside ourselves, a greater sense of self-love and self-confidence; the courage to embrace being human . . .

Intelligence

Who's Riding on Your "Me-Bus"?

Karl Albrecht Ph.D. on June 30, 2016

Advocates of the modular mind concept see no need to assume the existence of a single "executive self"; no master module; no CEO circuit; no super-me; not even an "ego."

Advocates of the modular mind concept see no need to assume the existence of a single "executive self"; no master module; no CEO circuit; no super-me; not even an "ego."

Each of us has a preferred arrangement of our inner world - well-defined, orderly, and deterministic; or ambiguous, complex, and speculative. How do they affect our thinking?

I don't like to leave important matters to amateurs. That's why I'm going to plan my own funeral.