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What Becoming a Parent Really Does to Your Happiness
Few choices are more important than whether to have children, and psychologists and other social scientists have worked to figure out what having kids means for happiness. Some of the most prominent scholars in the
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on working memory, counter-argumentation strategies, attitudes toward political opponents, students returning to school from juvenile detention, natural disasters and relationship satisfaction, racial labels and their implications, and how a sugar tax can decrease sugary-drink buying.
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How a Facebook Whistle-Blower Is Stoking the Kids’ Screen Time Debate
The latest burst of recriminations directed at social media emphasizes the harm that can be done to teenagers. Frances Haugen, a former Facebook Inc. product manager turned whistle-blower, says executives at Facebook are aware of
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Facebook’s Own Data is Not as Conclusive as You Think About Teens and Mental Health
On Tuesday, Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen testified before a Senate panel. The hearing’s focus was advertised as “protecting kids online.” … Researchers have worked for decades to tease out the relationship between teen media use
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California Will Require Large Retailers to Provide Gender-Neutral Toy Sections
California became the first state in the nation Saturday to adopt a law requiring large retail stores to provide gender-neutral toy sections under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The new law, which takes
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A Real Talking Point: Bilingual Children Are Not Smarter Than Others
Remember how we all thought bilingual kids were smarter because they knew two languages? It turns out that’s not true, say researchers at Western University. J. Bruce Morton and Cassandra Lowe, who work at the
