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Reading fiction ‘improves empathy’, study finds
The Guardian: Burying your head in a novel isn’t just a way to escape the world: psychologists are increasingly finding that reading can affect our personalities. A trip into the world of Stephenie Meyer, for
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US study questions if pets make owners healthier
Taipei Times: Pet owners have long been encouraged to think that they are happier, healthier and live longer than people without pets, but a new US study claims they might be barking up the wrong
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Social Acceptance and Rejection: The Sweet and the Bitter
Psychology researchers have long been interested in close relationships, but have only more recently begun investigating social exclusion.
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Spoiler Alert: Stories Not Ruined if Ending Revealed
ABC News: Spoiler alert: This story has a happy ending. If it were a suspense novel, would knowing that make you enjoy it less? To their surprise, psychology researchers found that people rated stories higher
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Do narcissists or junkies make better leaders?
Business Insider: Narcissists rise to the top. That’s because other people think their qualities – confidence, dominance, authority, and self-esteem – make them good leaders. Is that true? “Our research shows that the opposite seems
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Narcissists Look Like Good Leaders—But They Aren’t!
Narcissists rise to the top. That’s because other people think their qualities—confidence, dominance, authority, and self-esteem—make them good leaders. Is that true? “Our research shows that the opposite seems to be true,” says Barbora Nevicka
