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Why Zoom ‘Happy Hour’ Falls FlatResults from a study published in Clinical Psychological Science suggest combining alcohol and virtual social interaction had negative effects compared to in-person gatherings. In the study, participants video called either a friend or a stranger seated in a separate room. Researchers gave some participants alcoholic drinks and others nonalcoholic drinks. As the call took place, researchers tracked participants’ eye movements, or “gaze behavior.” The study showed that participants who consumed alcohol before conducting the video chat spent more time watching themselves during the conversation instead of their partners.
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What Good Comes From Pretending?
Hang out with a 3-year-old and you will quickly be transported to a world of unicorns and superheroes, pretend tea parties and invisible spaceships. Young children spend hours pretending. But why would they spend so much time exploring imaginary worlds when there is so much to learn about the real one? Pretend play may help children to develop an essential kind of reasoning—counterfactual thinking, which helps you figure out what would happen if things were different.
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How Did Lebron James Break the NBA All-Time Scoring Record? By Playing the Long Game
Say you're LeBron James and your long-term goal is to score 38,388 points and break the NBA all-time scoring record. Scoring 30 points in a forgettable mid-season game early in your career was great, but was also just a drop in the 30,000-plus points bucket. Success has, until last night -- when you scored 38 points against Oklahoma City to become the all-time scoring leader -- was always a lagging indicator. LeBron had to play the long, long game. Fortunately, that's a game LeBron has always been willing to play.
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on surprise as an emotion, the need to study leadership in adolescence, remaining critical about the literature on habits, media-induced war trauma, family constellation therapy, and much more.
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The Nutrition Field Is Incredibly White — Here’s Why That’s Harmful for BIPOC Communities
From your daily smoothie to whether you opt for brown rice or white rice, nutrition impacts everything from your energy levels to your ability to score quality sleep, as well as any exercise goals and recovery efforts. On the flip side, deficiencies in important nutrients can lead to chronic health issues, such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer. However, once you drill down past the basic principles of eating more fruits and veggies, nutrition advice today can be incredibly convoluted, especially since the breadth of the $946 billion industry makes it difficult to keep up with the latest research and expert-backed recommendations.
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America Goes About Juvenile Crime Sentencing All Wrong
“I helped a so-called friend commit armed robbery and murder back in 1994,” explained Ming Ho, a Michigan prison inmate who first wrote me in 2015 upon spotting a math error in one of my textbooks. Two decades earlier, as a 10th grader, Ho shot someone in an armed robbery and then two weeks later, under the influence of an older peer, brutally shot and killed a 19-year-old Subway restaurant employee. “I experienced great remorse and regret over the tragedy that I ashamedly participated in,” Ho explained. “But I salvage this experience by learning and growing from it. I want my life to mean something to someone. To contribute something, anything of substance and worth.” ...
