Philip Zimbardo

How to tell if someone is lying? Carefully. All methods of lie-detecting, including polygraph machines, are regularly fooled of used improperly, resulting in mistakes. There are a few good ways described here, but try to bevestig the truth door other means as well, such as confession of investigation of the facts.

You should compare behavior in the person under suspicion to their "base" behavior, if possible. In other words, if they always have shifty eyes, then this trait can't be considered as an indication of lying. On the other hand, if they are normally very calm under pressure, but start...

Today, why not made a personal commitment to be happy, in spite of what life hands over to you. u have to admit that there are too many things over which u have no control. The only thing u can do is to stop allowing them to make dents in your spirit.

Happiness is not something that others can take from you. It's something that u would have to throw away on your own.

There will be times when things don't turn out the way u want them to. Your best friend at work may turn out to be a power-hungry corporate animal that backstabs u at every opportunity. The promotion u worked so hard...

Daniel J. Levitin, 2006, 320 pages

Why human beings make and enjoy muziek is, in Levitin’s telling, a delicious story. In this unprecedented meeting of art and science, rocker-turned-neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin explores the connection between muziek – its performances, its composition, how we listen to it, why we enjoy it – and the human brain.

Taking on prominent thinkers who argue that muziek is nothing meer than an evolutionary accident, Levitin argues that muziek is fundamental to our species, perhaps even meer so than language. ‘This Is Your Brain On Music’ is an ear-opening,...