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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring: distress, worry, and responses to the Ebola crisis; anxiety-linked attentional bias and mitigation of threat; and neural underpinnings of repetitive negative thinking in autism spectrum disorders.
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Fostering Motivation Could Help Keep Marginalized Girls in School
A field study in Malawi indicates that psychological factors play an important role in whether girls attended school, even under conditions of extreme poverty and deprivation
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Personality May Change When You Drink, But Less Than You Think
People typically report substantive changes to their personality when they become intoxicated, but observations from outsiders suggest differences between ‘sober’ and ‘drunk’ personalities are less drastic.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring the detrimental effects of oxytocin in competitive environments and models identifying the factors that predict ideological prejudice.
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Childhood Bullying Linked to Health Risks in Adulthood
Findings from a longitudinal study suggest that childhood bullying may lead to long-lasting health consequences, impacting psychosocial risk factors for cardiovascular health well into adulthood.
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Group Rituals Can Make Us Biased Against Outsiders
Engaging in basic rituals — even arbitrary movements — can make us more likely to trust those who share the same ritual and less likely to trust those who don’t.
