A brain region for Pokemon characters?
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A new academic field is trying to pinpoint what makes things cute – and why we can’t resist them
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Does empathy have a dark side?
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Conspiracy theories can't be stopped
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A magician explains why we see what’s not there
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The future of depression treatment
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Psychopaths and narcissists have hogged the limelight, now i’s time to explore the saintlier side of human personality, say researchers, as they announce a test of the “Light Triad” traits
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Why you have that little, lying voice in your head
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Liberals and Conservatives React in Wildly Different Ways to Repulsive Pictures
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Finally, a personality quiz backed by science
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Brain scans show social exclusion creates jihadists, say researchers
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The voice inside your head: The origin of “you”
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Randomness is random
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Why smart people are vulnerable to putting tribe before truth
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At Yale, we conducted an experiment to turn conservatives into liberals. The results say a lot about our political divisions.
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What if the placebo effect isn’t a trick?
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The impact of gratitude on adolescent materialism and generosity
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The new font that promises to boost your memory
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Psychogenic death: People can die from giving up the fight
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The trick to learning when to cut your losses
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Scientists identify four personality types
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Early alterations of social brain networks in young children with autism
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Randomised experiment: If you’re genuinely unsure whether to quit your job or break up, then you probably should
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Quiz: Can you guess which of these psychology papers in top journals could be replicated (with a sample size five times as big) by reading a briefly what results they found?
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Truth in stereotypes
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Nature, Nurture, and Human Autonomy with James Flynn
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DMT Models the Near-Death Experience
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Psychological language on Twitter predicts county-level heart disease mortality
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Even four-year-olds dislike freeloaders. Young children expect cooperation and are willing to work to sustain it.
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"Find Your Passion" is Awful Advice - A major new study questions the common wisdom about how we should choose our careers
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Rethinking the ‘nature’ of brutality: Uncovering the role of identity leadership in the Stanford Prison Experiment
A press release about the University of Queensland's review of the old Stanhope "prison" experiment: New interpretation of one of psychology’s most famous experiments The review itself: Rethinking...
A press release about the University of Queensland's review of the old Stanhope "prison" experiment: New interpretation of one of psychology’s most famous experiments
The review itself: Rethinking the ‘nature’ of brutality: Uncovering the role of identity leadership in the Stanford Prison Experiment
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Research finds tipping point for large-scale social change
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Why rich kids are so good at the marshmallow test
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What is consciousness? Scientists are beginning to unravel a mystery that has long vexed philosophers
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One space between each sentence, they said. Science just proved them wrong.
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Can you overdose on happiness? The science and philosophy of deep brain stimulation.
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