Gandhi Quotes

A ‘No’ uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a ‘Yes’ merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble. Action expresses priorities. An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind. An ounce of practice is worth more...

Happiness in Altruistic Behavior

Here is an excerpt from the Not Exactly Rocket Science Blog:Elizabeth Dunn from the University of British Columbia wanted to see if there were ways of channelling the inevitable pursuit of money towards actually making people happier. Together with Lara Aknin and...

Ignoring What Might Have Been

An excerpt from the BPS Blog:we take into account what might have happened if we’d taken a different path, made a different decision. These so-called ‘fictive’ thoughts can lead us to change the way we behave in the future. But now Pearl Chiu and...

Reputation Management in Autism

Below is an interesting excerpt summarizing research on how kids with autism lack the skill to manage their reputation. The autistic subjects showed normal activity during the “other phase” (when they were learning how much their partner was going to repay...