To be offended or not to be… that is your decision
There is a sense that we, as a society, are taking offence more readily and with more passion than in previous times. Trolling on Twitter and ranting threads on Facebook are becoming more common and are often the result of one person’s opinion differing from another’s. One example of this is that, at Universities, there…
Optimal Functioning: How can we help people perform to the best of their abilities?
This boils down to effective goal achievement, and an overarching research perspective of my lab concerns the interface of motivation with cognition and behaviour. The components of interest to me are: (1) Motivation (as defined through Self-Determination theory); (2) Individual differences in future- oriented thinking (e.g. strategic optimism vs defensive pessimism); (3) Behavioural and Cognitive…