When you can visualize success, you’re apt to increase your motivation, work harder, and ultimately perform better. Recent research tell us how to maximize our daydreaming time.

Imagine this: you are in a conference room with a few of your colleagues chatting while waiting for a meeting to start. Your boss, also engaged in the conversation, contributes by telling an ammusing joke about a talking muffin. Do you laugh? Now imagine instead of boss, the joke was told by a coworker or someone who reports to you. Does the status of the person change anything about how much you laugh?

Ladies, the way you dress may be telling others where you are in your fertility cycle. Find out more.

Sex on TV can accelerate the sexual behavior of teenagers but parents can help. Here’s how!

People you eat with not only influence why you eat but also how much…find out more.

Stressful work environments can create unhealthy personal consequences and stressful home lives can diminish work performance. With the often conflicting demands of work and family, find out how you can acheive a better balance.

Spending as little as ten minutes talking to others may help improve your memory and intellect. Sound like an infomercial created by teenagers? No, no- it’s real research! Turns out social interaction can provide the same mental-boosting benefits as reading or doing a daily crossword puzzle.

Elsewhere in our blogs, we have emphasized research that has suggested that it may be the “little things” that count when it comes to making a relationship great. A new article examining and comparing couples who divorced in three countries points out the flip side of this coin: It’s the little things that add up when it comes to divorce as well.

Chronic stress. It seems to be the bane of everyone’s existence, compromising the immune system, leading to pain, fatigue, and illness – just to name a few. But did you know stress can also lead to divorce?

Your gender, who you’re with, and how many people you’re with may have a big impact on how much you talk. Find out more.

Hot off the presses. The New York Times says, Facts Prove No Match for Gossip, It Seems, Live Science claims, Gossip Trumps Truth, and Web MD states, Gossip May Override the Facts. What’s all of this hoopla about? Apparently it has to do with a new study published in by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, claiming that gossip may be more important than facts in making decisions. Can this be true?

These are four tools that parents can use to help enhance their child’s education. Successful students have parents who are actively involved in their education and this begins in the home. These strategies don’t cost any money; they simply require that parents take an active role in their child’s education.

As someone who works in the online dating industry, I have always found it a bit ironic that one of Social Psychology’s “greatest hits” when it comes to research on use of the internet has been that people who use the internet are more socially isolated. The ad agency JWT today released findings from a report that add fuel to this fire by suggesting that people would rather spend time on line than either face-to-face with their friends, or in bed with their lover!

Angry and upset? A recent study shows that bringing up these concerns is good for your relationship.