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Why Older People Managed to Stay Happier Through the Pandemic
For all its challenges to mental health, this year of the plague also put psychological science to the test, and in particular one of its most consoling truths: that age and emotional well-being tend to
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Behind The Pandemic Purchases We Won’t Use Until Later
What’s the point of buying something now that you can’t even use during the pandemic? Social scientists say there is value in anticipation — in giving yourself a concrete way to look forward. …
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COVID-19 After One Year: What Will the Future Bring?
Think back over the Year of COVID: what images strike in your mind? Correspondent Martha Teichner asked six prominent public figures to remember and reflect. “Just empty cities across the world,” said urban studies theorist
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Despite Good News, You’re Not Feeling Better. There’s A Reason Why.
For those on the left and right who welcomed Biden’s election, the inaugural transition seemed like the moment to finally leave behind the psychological toll of the deception, bullying, and deadly incompetence that characterized the
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Strengthening Contact Tracing Using Witness Interviewing Techniques
Treating infected people like witnesses to the spread of a virus could improve contact tracing.
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Student Notebook: Taking Time to Connect Amid a Pandemic
Leah Choe suggests putting socially distanced time with your loved ones on your calendar as if they were as important as a job interview—because they are.