Why David Bowie Was So Loved: The Science of Nonconformity
Live Science:
In the aftermath of David Bowie’s death at age 69 from cancer, a re-occurring theme has appeared in tributes to the famously idiosyncratic performer: his importance to those who felt like misfits.
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Subsequently, the apes continued their tried-and-true method of getting treats from the box. But 2-year-olds switched their method 50 percent of the time, researchers reported in the journal Psychological Science. The toddlers were more likely to copy others’ behavior when their peers were watching them play than when alone.
“We were surprised that children as young as 2 years of age would already change their behavior just to avoid the relative disadvantage of being different,” study researcher Daniel Huan, of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany, said in a statement.
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