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How to Forgive Ourselves for What We Can’t Change
When we regret our past, it can feel like we’re incapable of changing our future. But it may be our past “mistakes” that help us realize there is room to evolve. In the finale episode of How to Start Over, we explore how regret can be a catalyst of change, what holds us back from self-forgiveness, and how to reconcile our past mistakes—and move forward for good. Conversations with Shai Davidai, an assistant professor at the Columbia Business School, and forgiveness expert Everett Worthington help us identify whether regret hinders our growth or serves as a catalyst of change. ...
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The Happiness Data That Wrecks a Freudian Theory
Does success make us miserable? Sigmund Freud was one of the first to propose this peculiar form of distress in an essay he published more than a century ago. It was a theory built around a few case studies: a patient who fell into depression after earning a promotion at work, another patient who fell apart when she married her longtime partner—and Lady Macbeth, who was not his patient. They were, as Freud famously put it, “wrecked by success.” There are so many examples of this paradox these days that it’s easy for anyone to delude themselves into believing the most successful are the least happy. ...
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2023 U.S. House Funding Reports Include Key Language For Behavioral Science
The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee advanced appropriations funding bills and accompanying reports that include support for behavioral science.
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New Research in Psychological Science
A sample of research on social pain, adolescents’ political attitudes and values, disagreement and accuracy, effects of stress on voice features, learning, grief, and anxiety.
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Predictive Modeling Could Help Put Patients With Depression on the Right Path
Precision medicine, informed by predictive modeling, offers a promising avenue for helping patients and practitioners decide on the right combination of medication and therapy.
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APS Global Collaboration on COVID-19
When can psychological science be useful in educational policy and practice? Register for the virtual panel on July 21, 2022 at 2:00 ET for the discussion on the intersection between college admissions processes and COVID-19!
