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Five ways money can buy you happiness
The Washington Post: You have probably heard and maybe even embrace the idea that money can’t buy happiness. I’ve said so myself numerous times. But behavioral scientists and researchers Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton argue
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Debt ceiling debate: Preaching to the choir
CNN: The White House continues to issue dire warnings about the economic consequences should Congress fail to raise the debt ceiling this month. President Barack Obama told Wall Street to be “concerned” and Treasury Secretary
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The Mind of a Furloughed Worker
Hundreds of thousands of federal workers remain on furlough from their jobs, hoping the congressional budget standoff will end in time for them to pay their rents and mortgage installments. It’s a situation that is
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How ‘impermanence’ can help us all get along
The Boston Globe: We are born colorblind—literally. Newborn color vision is limited, lacking many of the visual distinctions that characterize mature sight. Soon enough, though, color takes over, figuratively as well as physiologically: We learn
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On the Political Fringes, Feelings of Superiority Abound
Ideologues on both ends of the political spectrum are equally likely to believe their opinions are superior to others’, but their feelings of superiority emerge for distinct political issues.
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Identifying People by Their Bodies When Faces Are No Help
Every day we recognize friends, family, and co-workers from afar — even before we can distinctly see a face. New research reveals that when facial features are difficult to make out, we readily use information
