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Imagining a different future can help motivate you, experts say.

Want to discover what motivates you and what holds you back from pursuing goals? This writing exercise will help you uncover your ideal self.

People's concerns about asking others for help are "oftentimes exaggerated and mistaken," says social psychologist Xuan Zhao.

People's concerns about asking others for help are "oftentimes exaggerated and mistaken," says social psychologist Xuan Zhao.

We underestimate just how willing people want to assist others and how positive they feel about doing so.

As institutions of higher learning across the country address this moment of racial reckoning, Moya shares her determination for Stanford and CCSRE to remain leaders in race studies. Paula M. L. Moya, Professor of English and Danily C.

Lee Ross, a psychological scientist celebrated for his work on biases in decision making, died Friday, May 14 in Palo Alto, California. In a career that stretched over 50 years at Stanford University, Ross was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1994) and the National Academy of Sciences (2010). In 2003, he received the APS William James Fellow Award in recognition of his extensive research on judgement, inferences, and decision making.  Ross died of a longstanding heart cond...