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The World Isn’t Actually Going to Hell in a Handbasket
A lot about the world feels dark right now. We’re reeling from a turbulent presidential race. Processing an attempted assassination. Divided by protests—and a barrage of images on social media that feeds our anxieties. … Mastroianni and a
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Rosh Hashana Can Change Your Life (Even if You’re Not Jewish)
Celebrating a new year — as Jews the world over will do this week, when Rosh Hashana begins on Friday at sunset — is all about making changes. It’s a time for new beginnings, for
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on perceptual learning, prejudice, how the mind represents physical states, moralistic punishment, feelings, blindness and visual memory, perceptions of threat, and spatial navigation and reorientation.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on beliefs and information search, power holders and bribes, attitudes, children and choice, food judgments, gratitude, attitudes toward sexual assault, metacognition, and masculinity-contest cultures in organizations.
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Moral Gridlock? Moralizing Issues Can Persuade—and Stifle Compromise
Framing policies through the lenses of morality and economics appear equally effective in persuading people to change their minds. But moral framing can also make people more resistant to compromise.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research on craving and smoking, obsessive compulsive symptoms, morality and refugees, emotional reactivity and depression, climate change and children’s mental health, psychopathy, traumatic memories, and mental health during COVID-19.