James Kimmel, Jr., is a lecturer of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, a lawyer, and the founder and co-director of the Yale Collaborative for Motive Control Studies. He is the creator of The ...

You may increase your happiness when you learn how to forgive others who may never ask you to do it. Here's how to do it.

When I taught “Introduction to Psychology,” we covered four main goals of psychology: to describe, explain, predict, and control behavior (Coon, Mitterer, 2013). The idea of control is ultimately self ...

When individuals begin paying attention to their nonverbal cues — not just those of others — they gain insight into what they’re feeling and why. Leaders who tune into their own body language first ...

Some of the smartest people don't see themselves that way, but these 12 habits actually reflect curiosity and critical thinking rather than simple self-promotion.