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Can a college course in moral philosophy convince people to eat less meat?
One study found that sitting in a discussion section on the ethics of meat led students to lower their meat consumption.
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US government issues bear advice: friends don't let friends get eaten
The National Park Service has warned against sacrificing slower friends in a bear attack ‘even if the friendship has run its course’
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Why do we cry – and what can we learn from our tears?
It is common for people to scoff at tears as a behaviour and a subject of investigation. Tears are, they say, feminine, self-indulgent and melodramatic. It is not hard to notice, in those beliefs, the patriarchal assumptions about what should be valued and what should be mocked. Writing teachers will instruct students not to show their characters’ sadness through crying, calling it cheap.
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Types of Behavior when People Reach Middle Age
I.T. Romulus explains the types of behavior adults show when they reach 40 and up.
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How to Be Happy (if You Are Not Extroverted)
Is extroversion the mark of real happiness? Find out how introverted people can be the happiest people you'll ever know.
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Why Aren’t We Curious About the Things We Want to Be Curious About?
You’ve been clickbaited by your own brain.
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Study identifies psychology of attraction to religious deities and superheroes
A new psychological study published by University of Otago researchers has addressed centuries-old questions about how and why supernatural beings are worshiped. The "Mickey Mouse problem" commonly referenced in religious psychology refers to the difficulty in predicting which supernatural beings are capable of eliciting belief and religious devotion.
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Why Anger Matters and What to Do About It
Anger gets a bad rap in the therapy – and spirituality – community. It’s labeled a “negative” emotion, and for good reason. When anger runs us and we react to it, it can blow like a volcano and make quite a mess of our relationships.
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Polarization can happen even when rational people listen to each other | Penn Today
Using computer models, philosopher Daniel J. Singer, political scientist William Berger, and colleagues found that divides over factual issues can stem from humans’ limited memory capacity rather than from one side or the other being irrational.
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'Lefty DNA' found - and it changes brain structure
Scientists start to chip away at the mystery of why one in 10 people is left-handed.
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"What Doesn't Kill Us Makes Us Stronger" - MentalWealth
The above quote is from a German philosopher named Friedrich Neitzsche. Positive psychology came about in 1998 because of Martin Seligman's address
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Are We Intuitively Honest or Dishonest?
People may be intuitively dishonest, but only if it does not harm others.
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Why Do We Point? Scientists Find It's Not Actually About Directing Attention
The "arrow hypothesis" doesn't hold up.
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Why are more people right-handed?
In the 160 years in which "handedness" has been studied we have learned quite a lot, but we still cannot precisely describe what causes humans preferentially to use one hand over the other, or why human populations are biased toward right-hand use rather than left-hand use.
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The World Really is a Decent Place Filled with Mostly Decent People
One of the most popular film franchises of the last decade has been The Purge series. The premise is simple: for twelve hours all laws are suspended and anything goes, always leading to horrendous and violent depravity. These films are popular in large part because they feed that pessimistic part of our brains that thinks...
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What it's actually like to hear voices in your head
A Tulpamancer creates a Tulpa, similar to an imaginary friend but with a twist. These imaginary friends possess their own thoughts and emotions. They can act independently of their creator.
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How people want to feel determines whether others can influence their emotions, Stanford psychologists find
New Stanford research on emotions shows that people’s motivations are a driving factor behind how much they allow others to influence their feelings, such as anger.
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Lost wallets are more likely to be returned if they hold cash
Worldwide, return rates of lost wallets goes up as the money inside increases, contradicting the idea that people act in their own self-interest.
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How your looks shape your personality
We tend to think of our looks as separate from who we are. But it turns out that physical traits like height or attractiveness may shape our personalities, behaviours, even politics.
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How information is like snacks, money, and drugs—to your brain
Can’t stop checking your phone, even when you’re not expecting any important messages? Blame your brain. A new study by researchers at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business has found that information acts on the brain’s dopamine-producing reward system in the same way as money or food.
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