Social Preferences

In a way, depression is our way of reacting, withdrawing, and possibly metaphorically recharging our batteries.

There's so much pressure in modern society to perform and be productive, to be efficient, that we don't get time to recharge. This leads to sadness and loss of e...

Many people wonder how a desk job can be so mentally tiring. The ego-depletion theory states that there is a limited amount of mental energy which we consume while sitting and working, just like a gas tank guzzles up all the gas till it’s empty.

This theory is being challe...

The level of intimacy in a couple is usually inversely correlated with sexual desire:

• Intimacy increases the amount of care for one another, but great sex requires egoism.
• In a close couple, the distance between the two shrinks. However, distance is ...