This desk is mine! How noisy offices can make us more territorial

From colleagues chatting about their weekends or having intense phone conversations, to email alerts and loud tapping on keyboards, the evidence that open-plan offices take a toll on our wellbeing continues to mount.

Being a good listener means having empathy. But empathy is one of the most misunderstood listening skills.

Real-life fast talkers are staples in some professions. Auctioneers and sportscasters are known for their rapid delivery, though the slower commentary in golf shows there is a range for different sports.

New research identifies a specific personality type that is more likely to share misinformation and undeterred from sharing it even after being warned it might be false.

Everyone wishes they had a superpower. Well, you’ve had a secret power since childhood; you just don’t know how to use it yet. That’s the power of language.

Understanding the concept of "speaking one's truth" and its implications for truth relativism. Discover the importance of valuing diverse perspectives while upholding the objective nature of truth.

Learn how to engage in productive conversations by making your counterpart feel heard. Discover four simple techniques to foster understanding, maintain dialogue, and find common ground in contentious discussions.

In the eyes of the dominant culture, women, like nature, are deemed substandard. The feminine aspects of the world and in ourselves have been suppressed.

Often, people don’t even notice that they’re talkers. It’s important, therefore, to observe your own behavior and read the body language of others to learn if you’re a talker.

Most of us have heard the one about if you cross your arms over your chest you’re feeling defensive or if you’re fiddling with your hair while talking you feel nervous – but is there really any truth to some of these body language stereotypes?

Do you ever wonder if you could pass a lie detection test or imagine what it would be like to read people’s body language?

By producing resumes, essays, jokes and even poetry in response to prompts, the software brings into focus not just language models’ arresting power, but the importance of framing our questions correctly.

For all the joy they bring, families and close friendships often involve conflict, betrayal, regret and resentment.

The demise of marriages and relationships in general, is not over money, children, or health but crummy communication styles. 

“Compassionate listening” is critical to interpersonal and political communication, because without it, more talking can exacerbate the existing divides and misunderstandings.

Email is often a means of informal communication. As such, you can dramatically decrease the amount of time spent on email with short, efficient replies. Dispense with formalities whenever possible and in­crease efficiency.

Listening to people talk about views that clash with your own can be galling. Families all over the world avoid controversial topics. In the UK, for example, mention Brexit and watch everyone in the room tense up.

Lying is typically viewed negatively. In fact, being judged a liar is often seen as one of the worst characteristics you can ascribe to someone.

Repeated storytelling is a key method for elders to communicate what they believe to be important to their children and loved ones.  

People’s first instinct when engaging with conspiracy believers is often to try and debunk their ideas with factual and authoritative information.

Events like the riots in Brazil, the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection two years before it and the mass shooting at the Colorado LGBTQ nightclub each occurred after certain groups repeatedly directed dangerous rhetoric against others.

Swearing was long assumed a sign of aggression, weak language proficiency or even low intelligence. We now have quite a lot of evidence that challenges this view, prompting us to reconsider the nature – and power – of swearing.

In conversations with strangers, people tend to think they should speak less than half the time to be likable but more than half the time to be interesting, according to new research