Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
How to be happier in 2021
So you want to look trimmer, be smarter, and successful next year? You strive to exercise and call your friends more, and spend less?
Dec 21, 2020
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Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
Psychology & Psychiatry
True lies: People who lie via telling truth viewed harshly, study finds
The ability to deceive someone by telling the truth is not only possible, it has a name—paltering—it's common in negotiations and those who palter can do serious harm to their reputations, according to research published ...
Dec 14, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why creative experts may be better at imagining the future
Humans use imagination a lot, whether it be thinking about what's for dinner later tonight or trying to imagine what someone else on the other side of the world may be experiencing after reading the news. As situations become ...
May 8, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Failed replication shows literary fiction doesn't boost social cognition
When a 2013 study published in Science concluded that reading literary fiction for as few as 20 minutes could improve someone's social abilities, it made quite the splash. However, when researchers from the University of ...
Oct 4, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study reveals secret to a happy sex life
The secret to a happy sex life in long-term relationships is the belief that it takes hard work and effort, instead of expecting sexual satisfaction to simply happen if you are true soulmates, says a study led by a University ...
Nov 7, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How people use "common knowledge" to coordinate their actions
Harvard researchers have discovered a new psychological capacity for cooperation.
Mar 23, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Let it go,' but not in the boardroom: How facial expressions affect cooperation
While Disney's Frozen Academy Award-winning diva anthem "Let It Go" has dominated the Billboard 200, sales records and parents' eardrums with its message of all-out emotional display, that approach probably won't always resonate ...
Apr 29, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why do chronically lonely teens stay lonely?
For chronically lonely adolescents, even the rare invitation to a social event is likely to be met with suspicion: "It's not that I'm worthy, I just got lucky," they'll tell themselves.
Dec 16, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychologists analyze language to categorize human goals
Categorizing the goals of people has long been a challenge for psychologists, with wide disagreement regarding any set of terms intended to cover all of the factors that motivate human behavior.
Oct 29, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
US regions exhibit distinct personalities, research reveals
Americans with similar temperaments are so likely to live in the same areas that a map of the country can be divided into regions with distinct personalities, according to new research published by the American Psychological ...
Oct 17, 2013
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