Yes, that’s true. Legal professionals were not only manipulated but also sentenced harsher punishments just by a roll of the dice. So what’s the catch? Were they drugged or just corrupted? No. It was achieved in an unsettling cognitive psychology experiment. Three researchers, Englich, Mussweiler and Stratch (2006), wanted...

Originating from a dead seed, trees blow life into everything they touch. The story of a tree is a poem I've written about the giving nature of trees....

If you think it's psychology of people, well, congrats! It's that, but more. There's no secret human being is a social animal; imagine your life without family and friends. A horrible thought, if I may suggest. If our lives are so much so affected by people around us, it's...