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Study confirms evolutionary link between social structure and selfishness
One of nature's most prolific cannibals could be hiding in your pantry, and biologists have used it to show how social structure affects the evolution of selfish behavior.
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What causes challenging behaviour ?
Types of challenging behaviour
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Bullied youths are much more likely to have violent fantasies, new study shows
About 97% of the most-bullied boys and 73% of the most-bullied girls have violent fantasies, according to a new study of 1,465 young people.
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Why humans find it so hard to let go of false beliefs
Lies and distortions don’t just afflict the ignorant. The more you know, the more vulnerable you can be to infection
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Why do we buy into the 'cult' of overwork?
Overwork culture is thriving; we think of long hours and constant exhaustion as a marker of success. Given what we know about burnout, why do we do give in?
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To what extent are we are ruled by unconscious forces?
Decades of research gives insight into how free our choices really are.
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The Benefits of Disagreement
Exploring the changing nature of public debate
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More Than 80 Cultures Still Speak in Whistles
Dozens of traditional cultures use a whistled form of their native language for long-distance communication. You could, too.
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Getting beyond small talk: Study finds people enjoy deep conversations with strangers
People benefit from deep and meaningful conversations that help us forge connections with one another, but we often stick to small talk with strangers because we underestimate how much others are interested in our lives and wrongly believe that deeper conversations will be more awkward and less enjoyable than they actually are, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.
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Only Children Are No More Selfish Than Those With Siblings
By Emma Young. But study also finds no evidence that only children are any more altruistic.
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We Enjoy Deep Conversations With Strangers Much More Than We Expect To
Sometimes the most meaningful conversations come at surprising times: with someone you meet on a train and never see again, with a friend of a friend who you’ve only just met. Conversely, conversations with our closest friends and family can often be difficult, and we sometimes fail to share our deepest thoughts and feelings with those we love the most.
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How to live with your regrets
Regret is often seen as undesirable, but it’s a crucial emotion in helping us develop. How do we harness its powerful lessons?
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Narcissism study sheds new light on the relationship between grandiose and vulnerable subtypes
The two expressions of narcissism — grandiosity and vulnerability — are more closely related at high levels of grandiose narcissism, according to a study published in the Journal of Personality. The findings may help resolve the disagreement between personality and clinical models of narcissism. ...
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Study: We overlook the influence of habits, like drinking coffee
USC study: Many behaviors are habitual, people strongly discount influence of habits.
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Extraverts are considered to be poorer listeners
By Emma Young. But are extraverted people actually worse at listening? Only further research will tell.
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Verbal cues of authenticity are linked to positive social and business outcomes, according to new research
People make impressions of others using the limited information available such verbal cues or communication patterns. New research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science found that high verbal authenticity is associated with positive interpersonal impressions, increased social engagement, and more entrepreneurial success.
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New study suggests that psychopathic individuals tend to become even worse after age 50
New research provides evidence that people with psychopathic tendencies become more manipulative and abusive after age 50, causing those around them to suffer. The study, published in International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, casts doubt on claims that antisocial behavior among psychopathic individuals decreases after middle adulthood. ...
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Sexualized video games are not causing harm to male or female players, according to new research
Sexualization in video games does not appear to harm players, according to new research published in Computers in Human Behavior.
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New psychology research has found that celebrity worship predicts impulsive buying behavior
Can worshipping celebrities be a predictor of impulse shopping? A study published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that it could be, but the relationship appears to be mediated by empathy. ...
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Shyness linked to reduced behavioral mimicry during conversation via heightened self-focused attention
New research provides evidence that shyness is associated with reduced behavioral mimicry through increased self-focused attention during new social interactions. The findings have been published in the Journal of Research in Personality. “Behavioral mimicry – the automatic copying of another’s actions – is thought to be adaptive as it signals social interest, increases interpersonal liking...
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