A popular children's television show has long featured a segment titled "One of These Things is Not Like the Other" in which objects of different shapes, sizes and colors are matched against each other. The audience is then ...
Feb 23, 2021
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People may cheer the demise of evil villains in fiction, but the deaths we most remember are the meaningful and sad endings of the characters we loved, research suggests.
Dec 17, 2020
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Empathy is talked about a lot these days. Against the backdrop of a global pandemic and a divisive political climate in the United States, calls for empathy have become louder and more urgent. We encourage empathy for those ...
Oct 27, 2020
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In the English-speaking world, dyslexia is a familiar learning disorder. Most people are likely to have known someone who found reading and writing trickier than their peers.
Oct 9, 2020
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Many famous writers claim it's the characters who actually drive the plot, create the dialog, and essentially "do their own thing" in the novels they write.
Jul 30, 2020
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The saying, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger," doesn't necessarily hold up when it comes to military mental health. Michigan State University is the first to examine veterans' personalities before and after deployment ...
Jun 17, 2020
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As people binge watch TV shows and movies during this period of physical distancing, they may find themselves eerily drawn to fictional villains, from Voldemort and Vader to Maleficent and Moriarty. Rather than being seduced ...
Apr 23, 2020
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U.S. children lag behind their international peers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills, which has led to calls for an integrated math curriculum for 3- to 6-year-olds. A new study examined whether ...
Nov 20, 2019
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It's not something most Harvard faculty spend much time contemplating, but Tomer Ullman likes to think about magic.
Nov 15, 2019
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On a first date, people focus on making a good first impression. But when someone brags about themselves constantly, that person is often exhibiting some level of arrogance.
Oct 22, 2019
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