People Are More Likely to Cheat at the End

Daniel Yudkin, Scientific American, September 15, 2015

Life, for better or worse, is full of endings. We finish school, get a new job, sell a home, break off a relationship. Knowing that a phase is soon coming to an end can elicit the best in us, as we try to make amends for errors past and avoid last-minute regrets. But while the sense of an ending can draw out people’s finest selves, it can also, new psychological research suggests, bring out their darker side. […read more]