We all want to bend the world to our will, but more often than not, it is the other way around – a fact that we often fail to recognize. This tendency to exaggerate our ability to influence events is ...

The illusion of control is a mental bias leading people to overestimate the control they have over the outcome of events. Even when the outcome of situations is demonstrably a matter of chance and not ...

My daughter had just pulled the caramel corn out of the oven, and the sticky-sweet smell was almost irresistible. Despite knowing it wasn’t going to help my diet, I was gnawing for a taste. But ...