Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emotional manipulators can be tricky to deal with. They often use underhanded tactics to control or influence your feelings and ...

Emotions are a powerful force. They can determine our thought patterns, if we allow them to, and in turn affect our behaviors—and this usually happens under the surface, far from our direct ...

Kids are master manipulators. They play up their charms, pit adults against one another, and engage in loud, public wailing. So it’s your job to keep up with them, Carnegie Mellon’s Kevin Zollman says ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Navigating conversations with manipulators can feel like walking through a minefield, but sometimes a subtle comeback is your best ...

Manipulation can cause serious harm to people's mental and emotional (and even physical) well-being. However, some people are so skilled at deceiving others that it's challenging to spot their tactics ...

In an earlier column addressing toxic friendships, I briefly described the “social exchange” theory of friendship development: Friendships and other relationships involve their own versions of ...

In the 1944 film "Gaslight," The actor, Charles Boyer, plays a scheming husband who slowly tries to drive his wife (played by Ingrid Bergman) insane so that he can keep a secret cache of jewels in the ...

People deal with all kinds of pressures at work: deadlines, employer expectations and extensive procedures. Another pressure comes in the form of employee manipulation. Employee manipulation means ...

Manipulators use propaganda tactics to avoid accountability publicly ...