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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on number-to-space mapping, linguistic cues of lies in real life, stress and inflammation, fear responses, visual perception, group membership and copy of behaviors, how a narrative can change support for extremism, and object perception.
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‘No Regrets’ Is No Way to Live
“No Regrets.” It’s an alluring motto, a handy recipe for success and satisfaction. Reject the pain of looking backward, revel in the pleasure of dreaming forward, and the good life will ensue. Little wonder that
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This Is When Uncertainty Can Be Motivating, According to Science
Nearly two years into COVID-19, and we continue to deal with a lot of uncertainty. Are we preparing for the end of pandemic, or will we need to figure out a way to live with
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The Myth of Tribalism
By now, even people who differ on nearly all issues seem to agree on at least one thing: American politics has become riven by tribal conflict. Tucker Carlson claims that “schools are creating tribalism in our kids.” Former President
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The Cost of Engaging With the Miserable
Every morning, I wake up and grab my doom machine. My phone is a piece of revolutionary technology that puts the entire world a scroll away, its every pixel an industrial miracle. It’s also a
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This is No Way to be Human
Recently I met the astronomer Pascal Oesch, an assistant professor at the University of Geneva. Professor Oesch and his colleagues share the distinction of having discovered the most distant known object, a small galaxy called GNz-11.