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The AI Trust Gap: What New Research Reveals That nagging suspicion that everyone else leans on AI more than you do isn’t just in your head—it’s measurable. Zoe Purcell, a cognitive scientist, led two online studies with over a thousand adults to find out what people actually believe about AI-assiste...
The Warm Chatbot Trade-Off Marketing professor Shaphali Gupta and her colleagues set out to test whether a chatbot's emotional intelligence changes its effect on users. Her findings, published in Psychology & Marketing, describe a sinister trade-off that seems to slide under the radar. The warmer an...
The Whale Biologist's Lesson When Roger Payne arrived in the San Jose Gulf in Argentina to begin researching whales, he had every credential a visiting expert could want: a Cornell PhD, a MacArthur Fellowship, and his famous 1967 discovery that humpback whales sing. But he approached his research wi...
The Paralyzing Case of David A man in his 30s named David sat in a chair all day doing nothing for days on end. He had been a productive finance professional with a wide social circle, but he’d suddenly stopped caring. He lost his job and his apartment, and he didn’t seem to mind. When his neurologi...
Dolly Parton's Gratitude Quote “I make a point to appreciate all the little things in my life. I go out and smell the air after a good, hard rain. I re-read passages from my favorite books. I hold the little treasures that somebody special gave me. These small actions help remind me that there are s...
The Modern Definition of Emotional Intelligence Emotional intelligence (EI) is your ability to recognize and understand emotions in yourself and others, and to use that awareness to manage your behavior and your relationships toward effective and desired outcomes. To understand EI better, let’s talk...
Empathy Drives AI Adoption and Employee Confidence New research from Businessolver’s 2026 State of Workplace Empathy AI Special Report reveals a striking connection between workplace culture and employee attitudes toward artificial intelligence. The report, released in August, surveyed more than 1,0...
Freud on Repression: What He Actually Wrote “Unexpressed emotions will never die. They are buried alive and will come forth later in uglier ways.” This is one of the most frequently quoted lines attributed to Sigmund Freud, yet he never actually wrote it. The saying is a paraphrase of one of the cen...
Why Meditation Is Becoming a Career Essential in 2026 Recent data paints a clear picture of the modern workplace: stress has become a constant companion for a significant portion of the American workforce. A study from Ohio State University indicates that nearly half of all Americans experience stre...
Support Helps Everyone. Distress Costs Men More. The research, published in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, measured both distress and perceived social support across multiple waves. The data consistently confirmed one expected pattern: individuals who reported strong social support exper...
Why Marcus Aurelius’s Observation Still Matters Today Marcus Aurelius ruled the Roman Empire from 161 to 180 AD. Yet, despite holding the most powerful position in the ancient world, his most enduring work was never intended for public eyes. The writings we now know as Meditations were his private n...
The Problem: One-Size-Fits-All Reviews Backfire Performance review season often triggers anxiety for managers and employees alike. Delivering tough feedback requires emotional regulation, but leading an effective performance review conversation with top performers carries its own hidden complexity, ...
