Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Our mind wields a remarkable influence over our well-being. Its ability to ...

Source: Zeyad Taha/Unsplash Why does bad news often overshadow good news? Psychologists point to the negativity effect—the tendency for negative events to impact us more strongly than positive ones.

Even brief exposure to negative social media comments can trigger immediate anxiety and mood drops in adults, especially younger users, new research reveals. Study: An experimental online study on the ...

RSM Visiting Scholar Jeffrey Hall studies whether chat negativity and the degree to which live chat rule sets encourage active (vs. passive) involvement influence participants’ willingness to react to ...

Why is all the news so negative? Maybe it’s because journalists are naturally drawn to aberrations — outliers from the norm — and those tend to be more bad than good. After all, a flight landing ...