Social sciences

Why are we devastated by a word of criticism even when it's mixed with lavish praise? Because our brains are wired to focus on the bad. This negativity effect explains things great and small: why countries blunder into disastrous wars, why couples divorce, why people flub job interviews, how schools fail students, why football coaches stupidly punt on fourth down. All day long, the power o

Brytningstiden mellan 16 och 25 år, då vi är på väg att lämna föräldrarna, kännetecknas av identitetssökande och sårbarhet, risker och utmaningar. Under fyra år har fotografen Lisen Stibeck regelbundet färdats inom fyra kontinenter: i Hongkong, Sverige, Marocko, Indonesien, USA, Mexiko och på Island. Hon har träffat flickor och kvinnor ur många samhällsskikt: studenter, artister, modeller, pros

There are moments when we achieve peak performance: an athlete plays a perfect game; a business has a quarter with once-in-a-lifetime profits. But these moments are often fleeting, and for every amazing day, we may have a hundred ordinary and even unsatisfying ones. Fulfillment doesn’t come from isolated peak experiences, or elusive ‘flow’ states, but rather from many consiste