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Controlling Our Thoughts Is Harder Than It Seems
Research shows that even when we think we’ve successfully suppressed a thought, its traces may still linger outside conscious awareness.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring life satisfaction and well-being, how men’s facial hair influences anger displays, working memory capacity and mind wandering, and the temporal dynamics of perceiving weight.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring pubertal timing and risk for psychopathology, probabilistic learning in generalized anxiety disorder, and links between psychopathology and cognitive ability in early childhood.
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Precrastination: When the Early Bird Gets the Shaft
My baby teeth never fell out. Instead, I yanked them out, roots and all, as soon as they were loose. I could have saved myself considerable pain by letting nature take its course. But I’m
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Boost your creativity by developing your “distant thinking” skills
The common human default mode is that we focus our energy on the here-and-now, and care less about ourselves and the events of the farther-off future. This present-bias can get in the way of all
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Why You Procrastinate (It Has Nothing to Do With Self-Control)
If you’ve ever put off an important task by, say, alphabetizing your spice drawer, you know it wouldn’t be fair to describe yourself as lazy. After all, alphabetizing requires focus and effort — and hey