"The misfortune of others tastes like honey" is a Japanese saying that rings uncomfortably true. But why does it feel so accurate? Here are two reasons behind the experience of Schadenfreude. Most of ...

Source: Image by geralt on Pixabay. From partners and close friends to co-workers and famous people, what affects how we perceive other people? One line of research suggests that we tend to assume ...

Horses are beautiful, but—hippos are ugly. Why? Why does the human mind see beauty in some images and ugliness in others? Is the perception of beauty intrinsic to how the brain processes visual ...

Most leadership development fails because it discounts perception. While executives perfect their skills in boardrooms, their influence evaporates in daily interactions, killed by a perception gap ...

That paradox-humility as a mark of wisdom and certainty as a sign of ignorance-sits at the heart of personal power. The first ...

Research conducted by researchers at the University of Gothenburg shows that people tend to rate their own risk of being ...

Criticism lives in that space of omission. It is a record of attention, shaped by the limits of the person paying it.