Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web

Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web

Grumpy dogs may be better learners than their more agreeable counterparts, reports James Gorman at The New York Times. Researchers found that ...

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/05/07/flags-and-phrenology-the-weeks-best-psychology-links/

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By Emily Reynolds. Dogs are able to mentally represent the threatening social interactions that give rise to jealousy, study finds.
By Emily Reynolds

Jealousy is a fairly common human emotion and for a long time, it was presumed it truly was only human. Some have argued that jealousy, with its...

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/05/06/humans-arent-the-only-animals-to-experience-jealousy-dogs-do-too/

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By Emily Reynolds. People who reflected on their "best possible self" as a leader showed more leadership behaviours at work
ByEmily Reynolds

What does being a good leader mean to you? Having tonnes of charisma? Being intelligent? Encouraging fairness and participation in the workplace? Whatever ...

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/05/11/self-reflection-can-make-you-a-better-leader-at-work/

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By Emma Young. "Emotional" forgiveness can help people forget unpleasant incident better than "decisional" forgiveness.
ByEmma Young

If somebody else has treated you badly, what are the best strategies for overcoming this, and moving on?

There has been, of course, an enormous amount of research in...

https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/05/04/heres-the-best-way-to-forgive-and-forget/

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