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Younger Leaders Seen as More Innovative, Older Leaders More Reliable
You’re more likely to see gray hair among the CEOs of the top 500 American companies (where the average age is about 53) than you are among Silicon Valley’s tech entrepreneurs, many of whom started
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Everyone Agrees: CEOs Should Be Paid Less
Pacific Standard: The longest lasting impact of the Occupy movement might just be the conflict between the “99 Percent” and the “One Percent”—the term that has come to symbolize the vast wealth inequality that exists
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Is Kindness Physically Attractive?
Scientific American: One of the most robust findings in social psychology is the beauty-is-good stereotype:physically attractive people are perceived and treated more positively than physically unattractive people [1]. But here’s the thing: I have definitely met attractive people who went from
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To Intensify an Experience, Bring a Friend
Pacific Standard: It happens all the time: You call a friend and make a date to go out to a movie. Then the two of you sit together in silence as you both keep your
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Social-Network Complexity in Humans Is Associated With the Neural Response to Social Information Sarah L. Dziura and James C. Thompson Research has suggested that with an increase
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Asking Advice Makes a Good Impression
Scientific American: What do you do when you can’t figure out how to finish a tricky task at work? Or you’re lost on those back roads? Or you’re trying a new DIY project in your
