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For a Better Marriage, Act Like a Single Person
Especially around Valentine’s Day, it’s easy to find advice about sustaining a successful marriage, with suggestions for “date nights” and romantic dinners for two. But as we spend more and more of our lives outside
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Is Loneliness a Health Epidemic?
Last month, Britain appointed its first “minister for loneliness,” who is charged with tackling what Prime Minister Theresa May called the “sad reality of modern life.” Public-health leaders immediately praised the idea — and for
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Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
“Strength and Perceived Threat in Numbers: Teaching Students How to Celebrate Racial Diversity“ by C. Nathan DeWall, “Why People Believe Conspiracy Theories“ by David G. Myers
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College Branding Makes Beer More Salient to Underage Students
Marketing that uses university colors and logos can enhance beer brands’ salience, which may impact student drinking.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring action-specific perception, intuitive judgments about the limits of science, and group reputation and prosocial behavior in children.
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New Books: December 2017
Dollars and Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter by Dan Ariely; Harper, November 7, 2017. Invisible Mind: Flexible Social Cognition and Dehumanization by Lasana T. Harris; MIT Press, March 10, 2017.
