Why Joe Pasquale will never rule the world

Want to feel more powerful? Do a Barry White impression

BPS Occupational Digest: Stuck on your ideas: fixation in group brainstorms...

BPS Occupational Digest: Stuck on your ideas: fixation in group brainstorms...: Brainstorming, when people gather to generate ideas together, is great in theory: many perspectives mesh to generate diverse outputs. I...

Are we really blind to Internet banners?

Are we really blind to Internet banners?

BPS Occupational Digest: Noise and music are more distracting to introverts...

BPS Occupational Digest: Noise and music are more distracting to introverts...: Many workplaces allow the playing of radio or recorded music during working hours, providing a chance to personalise and brighten the workin...

For Christians, Dawkins and the Qur'an leave a bad taste in the mouth, literally

For Christians, Dawkins and the Qur'an leave a bad taste in the mouth, literally

Positive pollyannas more frustrated by unmet expec...

BPS Occupational Digest: Positive pollyannas more frustrated by unmet expec...: A tendency to view the world positively yields many benefits, such as higher wellbeing and a sense of personal effectiveness that gets you ...

Economic indicator

Have come to realise that we have another indicator of the economic state of play - the fuel guage. The moment my fuel guage is more than 1/4 full then I know that the recession is over. Whilst the amber light is on I know that we are still in recession. Simple. Who needs price indices and Mervyn King.