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The Science of Reasoning With Unreasonable People
Don’t try to change someone else’s mind. Instead, help them find their own motivation to change.
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What kind of digital hoarder are you? Study identifies 4 distinct types
How often do you clear out old photos on your phone or tidy up your email inbox? You just may be a digital hoarder, and researchers from Northumbria University have identified four distinct types.
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Bathroom Reading
The pandemic has helped expose an urgent problem—the widespread lack of public washrooms. Rose Hendrie on where we can and cannot go.
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Not wearing a mask is linked to personality disorder, study finds
Scientists in Brazil have linked resistance to Covid-19 safety measures, such as wearing a mask, with antisocial personality traits. Their study was the first of its kind in Latin America and surveyed over 1,500 people aged 18-73. Using a questionnaire, the scientists sought to identify the participants’ affective resonance - their impulse to act on feelings stirred by another person - and asked a series of personality questions about how well certain statements represented their behaviour on a scale.
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Study: Men are more likely than women to perceive face masks as infringing on their freedom
Men and women are equally likely to wear face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new research.
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Lockdown or not, personality predicts your likelihood of staying home during the pandemic
Despite more of the population staying at home as government policies on COVID-19 become stricter, a study has found that a person’s personality influences how
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Who Plays Hard-to-Get or Is Attracted to It?
Playing hard to get and attachment styles are investigated in a new study.
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Left-handed? Researchers analysed genetic data from 1.7 million people to figure out why
About 10 per cent of Australians are left-handed and genetic analysis of more than 1.7 million people has brought scientists a step closer to understanding why.
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The long, complicated history of “people analytics”
If you work for Bank of America, or the US Army, you might have used technology developed by Humanyze. The company grew out of research at MIT’s cross-disciplinary Media Lab and describes its products as “science-backed analytics to drive adaptability.” If that sounds vague, it might be deliberate.
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Refusal to wear a facemask linked to sociopathy |
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What Makes a Person Creepy?
A new study attempts to pin down what makes a person seem "creepy."
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New psychology research sheds light on how social anxiety selectively impairs attentional control
People with higher levels of social anxiety tend to have a harder time shifting their attention away from an angry-looking face towards a happy-looking ...
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Why are ‘Karens’ so angry?
Some people say memes of white women confronting Black people provide a handle on behaviors born of entitlement and privilege, while others point to misogyny...
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When Choosing What To Believe, People Often Choose Morality Over Hard Evidence
In new studies, many people "reported that morally good beliefs require less evidence to be justified, and that, in some circumstances, a morally good belief can be justified even in the absence of sufficient evidence."
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A smile can increase or decrease how trustworthy you are perceived depending on your personality, study finds
Though smiling generally increases trust, new research provides evidence that it can backfire for people with certain antisocial personality traits.
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Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason.
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People who are likely to dismiss journalism as “fake news” tend to believe the world is predictable
Psychology shapes the likelihood that readers will conclude contested information in news reports has been intentionally falsified.
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Study: People who hoard toilet paper are just looking for a symbol of safety
Older people more likely to hoard toilet paper; Americans hoarded more than Europeans.
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People try to do right by each other, no matter the motivation, study finds
People want to help each other, even when it costs them something, and even when the motivations to help don't always align, a new study suggests.
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A global pandemic of empty gestures
Talk is cheap, that’s why it’s so popular. It’s easier to put up ‘mission accomplished’ banners than to accomplish missions. It’s easier to tweet #MeToo than to investigate politically inconvenient sexual assault allegations. Why do something hard when you can just posture instead? If enough voters believe the hype it’s all to the good.
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