Imagine you've planned the trip of a lifetime for your animal-loving family: a cruise to Antarctica with the unique opportunity to view penguins, whales and other rare wildlife. Your adventure-loving ...

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Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. I have a joke I like to make—though it’s not funny, and it’s not really a joke. Whenever I know I won’t be able to join my friends the next time they hang out, I ...

Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) marketing taps into ubiquitous social anxiety — missing out on rewarding experiences that others are enjoying. This marketing strategy creates a sense of urgency and ...

It happens to everyone. You’ve been invited to go out for dinner and drinks with co-workers (the fun co-workers, not the annoying ones). But instead, you decide to stay back at the office to put in ...

Fuschia Sirois does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

A decade ago, "fear of missing out," or "FOMO," was nothing more than a cute Facebook hashtag. Now, it's a well-studied and scientifically-verified psychological charateristic. What is known about it ...

FOMO is the (sometimes all-consuming) feeling you're missing out on something. It can be perpetuated by looking at other people's social media posts. But according to some research, you may be more ...

Jacqueline Rifkin received grant funding support for this project from the Marketing Science Institute (MSI). Barbara Kahn received funding from the Marketing Science Institute (MSI) and research ...