Stories by David DiSalvo

Self-obsessed individuals are not more creative in general, but they may impress when competing with a like mind

Reminding low achievers of the importance of a task may backfire

A common mental miscalculation causes us to overestimate our self-control

Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and their cousins have evolved from college fad to global ubiquity in seven short years. Whether they are good for our mental health is another matter

A psychologist probes how altruism, evolution and neurobiology mean that we can succeed by not being cutthroat