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Scary New Cigarette Labels Not Based in Psychology
Science: There’s no question that the nine new graphic cigarette warning labels designed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which will be on all cigarette packages sold in the United States starting in September
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The Myth of the Queen Bee
U.S. News & World Report: Female bosses sometimes have a reputation for not being very nice. Some display what’s called “queen bee” behavior, distancing themselves from other women and refusing to help other women as
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FDA’s Graphic Cigarette Images: Will They Work?
Can graphic images persuade people to make lasting changes to their behavior? The answer, according to psychological research, is probably not. Howard Leventhal, the Board of Governors Professor of Health Psychology at Rutgers, agrees that
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Powerful, Intoxicated, Anonymous: The Paradox of the Disinhibited
A team of scientists proposes a model to explain how the diverse domains of power, alcohol intoxication and anonymity produce similarly paradoxical social behaviors.
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‘Queen Bee’ Bosses Often Victims of Sexist Workplace
LiveScience: Some female bosses get a bad rap for their “queen bee” behaviors, including the cold shoulder they give to other women in the office. But new research suggests we should blame the sexist work
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Understanding the gift of endless memory
CBS News (60 Minutes): Enter Dr. James McGaugh, a professor of neurobiology at the University of California Irvine, and a renowned expert on memory. Dr. McGaugh is the first to discover and study superior autobiographical
