Retail therapy can be an expensive coping mechanism. Here’s why impulsive shopping is so hard to resist. Have you ever walked into a store with a simple grocery list in hand, only to emerge with a ...

If you, like many, impulsively spend and then regret it, there is a simple cure. Gratitude. A study recently published in Psychological Science shows that an attitude of gratitude tempers impulsive ...

It’s high time we put the most enduring myths about human behavior to bed, and see the mind—and the world—as it is. When we’re trying to change our buying habits, one challenge is that marketers are ...