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Give Yourself a Present for the Future
Pacific Standard Don’t feel like you have the time to keep a diary or bury a time capsule? You might be missing out, according to psychologists at Harvard Business School: The joy of rediscovering something even
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Talking While Driving Safest With Someone Who Can See What You See
Talking on a cell phone is a known driving distraction, but new research suggests that talking to someone who can see what you see may actually contribute to driving safety. Results from a driving simulator study
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Morning person, or night owl? It matters
Marketplace: It can be hard to do the right thing, the ethical thing — especially if you’re tired. That’s something Chuck Collins, a 38-year-old bouncer, knows all about. By day — or by afternoon, really, if
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Too Little Sleep May Cause False Memory
ABC News: A study in “Psychological Science” links sleep deprivation to false memories. Watch here: ABC News
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Are You a “Pre-crastinator”?
Scientific American: Each of us, at times, can be a procrastinator, putting off something that is hard to do or that we don’t want to do. But three researchers at Pennsylvania State University think we humans
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The Poverty Trap
Poor people are the subject of many negative stereotypes, including the assumption that they are inherently incapable of making sound financial decisions. But APS Fellow Eldar Shafir has demonstrated that the cognitive load and bandwidth
