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Stop acting on impulse
Times Higher Education: Research has shown that people can train their brains to become less impulsive. Psychologists at the universities of Exeter and Cardiff assessed whether asking people to refrain from certain movements while in
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How Knowing a Foreign Language Can Improve Your Decisions
Scientific American: Researchers have sought to understand the range and limits of these emotional language effects. Lower proficiency and/or late acquisition of the foreign language seems to be a crucial constraint. For people who grew
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Do We Care About Future Generations?
Scientific American: We care about our children and the world they’ll inherit. And we care about their children. But when it comes to the generations we won’t be around to know, the ties tend to
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The Surprising Upside to Your Long Workday
Men’s Health: Those long, stressful days at the office may come in handy during happy hour, finds a new study in Psychological Science. Researchers exposed men to either a tough or easy mental task, then
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How Politicians Use The IDEA Of Choice To Pick Your Pocket On Healthcare, And Everything Else
Forbes: When people act against their self-interest I see a flashing neon sign: Interesting Psychology Here! Consider how people respond to the Affordable Care Act (and indulge me by forgetting all wonkish policy concerns). What
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Fremdsprachiges Denken ist vernünftiger (Thinking in a foreign language is rational)
ORF Austria: Der Ton macht bekanntlich die Musik – und nicht nur dieser: Wie der israelisch-amerikanische Psychologe Daniel Kahneman in den 1980er Jahren herausgefunden hat, können selbst staubtrocken formulierte Botschaften völlig unterschiedliche Wirkungen haben. Ob
