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Breaking the “Curse of Knowledge”: Older Adults’ Supposedly Reduced Theory of Mind Might Reflect Experimental Demands
Findings indicating a decline in older adults’ theory of mind abilities may have been exaggerated by the cognitive demands of certain experimental designs.
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Losing Your Keys Doesn’t Mean You’re Losing Your Mind. Here’s How to Find Your Stuff.
Sasha Bradford doesn’t have time to lose things. She’s a working mom with lots of hobbies, and when she misplaces her keys or important papers — or leaves a favorite purse at a restaurant —
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Why Simple Is Smart
A few years ago, a young writer asked me if I had any tips for an aspiring journalist. My first instinct was to say no. My career has been full of hard work but also
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on number-to-space mapping, linguistic cues of lies in real life, stress and inflammation, fear responses, visual perception, group membership and copy of behaviors, how a narrative can change support for extremism, and object perception.
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Debunking Four Common Myths of Psychological Science
Under the Cortex takes a skeptical deep dive to explore some the most common myths about psychological science and the brain.
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Aha! Moments Pop Up from below the Level of Conscious Awareness
Most of us have had the experience of struggling mightily to solve a problem only to find, while taking a walk or doing the dishes, that the answer comes to us seemingly from nowhere. Psychologists
