Gillian M. Sandstrom

Oct 16, 2024 | cerveauetpsycho.fr | Lara B. Aknin |Gillian M. Sandstrom

Si vous faites défiler la liste de contacts de votre téléphone, il y a de fortes chances que vous ne soyez plus en lien avec nombre d’entre eux. Bien sûr, certains numéros restent utiles en cas de nécessité, comme celui du vétérinaire ou du garagiste… Mais avec ces personnes de votre répertoire, il y a probablement des amitiés qui se sont estompées au fil du temps, sans raison particulière.

Jul 12, 2024 | scientificamerican.com | Lara B. Aknin |Gillian M. Sandstrom

Take a look at the contact list on your phone. Chances are that you have dozens of names and numbers, but you’re only in touch with a small subset on a regular basis. Sure, some of those dormant entries may be functional, such as those for a veterinarian or a car repair shop. But some contacts are likely friendships that have faded for no particular reason.

May 1, 2024 | nature.com | Gillian M. Sandstrom

Correction to: Scientifc Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58069-9, published online 08 April 2024The original version of this Article omitted an affiliation for Shaaba Lotun. The correct affiliations are listed below. Department of Psychology, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK. Brain-Computer Interfaces and Neural Engineering Lab, School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ.

Apr 22, 2024 | nature.com | Lara B. Aknin |Gillian M. Sandstrom

AbstractSocial relationships provide one of the most reliable paths to happiness, but relationships can fade for various reasons. While it does not take much to reinitiate contact, here we find that people are surprisingly reluctant to do so. Specifically, most people reported losing touch with an old friend yet expressed little interest in reaching out (Studies 1-2, Ns = 401 and 199).

Feb 14, 2024 | hbr.org | Erica B. Boothby |Gus Cooney |Adam Mastroianni |Andrew G Reece |Gillian M. Sandstrom

Initial conversations can have an outsized impact on how relationships develop over time. Naturally, people often dwell on the impressions they might have made the minute they finish speaking with someone for the first time: “Did they like me or were they just being polite?” “Was my pitch funny or offensive?” “Are they deep in thought or deeply bored?” In our research in psychology, we wondered whether these worries might loom too large.