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Do This One Simple Thing to Fall Asleep Faster
If you lie awake at night because your mind won’t stop racing, taking five minutes before bed to write out a to-do list for the next day might help you get more shuteye. In a
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A Brainy New Way of Looking at Friendship
How do we choose our friends? Beyond family ties, there has always been something of a mystery as to why we form close bonds with certain individuals. Sometimes, it seems, two people just click. According
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The Memories of Memory Researchers
APS President Suparna Rajaram asks four internationally renowned psychological scientists, including APS Past President Henry L. (Roddy) Roediger, III, APS Board Member Dorthe Berntsen, APS Fellow Qi Wang, and Charan Ranganath, about the paths that led them to shape how we study and understand human memory.
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The ‘IKEA Effect’ — And Getting Kids To Eat Their Veggies
A couple of years ago, at the peak of my children’s reluctance to eat vegetables, I decided to try an experiment. When the kids arrived home from daycare one afternoon, I had bowls of colorful
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We’re Getting More Sleep. A Whole 18 Minutes. It’s Not Enough.
Years of scolding from health experts about a good night’s rest may be breaking through. Americans are finally getting more sleep — about 18 minutes more per weeknight compared with 2003. It may not sound
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Women Beat Expectations When Playing Chess Against Men
Ranked chess players’ data suggest that women playing against men perform better than expected based on official ratings
