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The Simple Trick That Can Help You Understand Your Emotions
Here’s the scene: You’re catching up with a friend over coffee when your elbow clips your cup, sending espresso all over her brand-new phone. You feel awful. You mop up the spill, apologize five times, and bolt—then
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5 Surprisingly Simple Ways to Enjoy Your Vacation More
Americans take fewer vacations than we used to, and many people don’t have paid time off. That means it’s important to savor the vacations we do take. … “Anticipation is a free source of pleasure,” said Elizabeth Dunn
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The Social Ritual That Made Me a Better Man
… This wasn’t just in my head. In a 2017 study led by the evolutionary psychologist Robin Dunbar, researchers at the University of Oxford found that nights out with friends support mental and emotional well-being. Other
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There’s a Name for the People Who Drain You
… The PNAS study didn’t measure what, precisely, hasslers do that is so annoying. But Karen S. Rook, a UC Irvine psychologist who was not involved with the study but who has researched similar phenomena, told me that
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Friendship, on Demand
Friendship is particularly vulnerable to the alienating force of hyper-individualism. It is the most voluntary relationship, held together primarily by choice rather than by blood or law. So as people have withdrawn from relationships in
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of recent research covering language, friendships, misinformation, and more.
