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Why Does Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Improve Mood?
New research from Clinical Psychological Science tested three hypotheses that might explain why self-injury might improve mood.
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Brain Activity Can Predict Which Articles Go Viral
Reporters and editors, bloggers, social media stars, and even big companies are all trying to figure out the secret recipe for making content go viral. Punchy headlines, funny gifs, and cute animals all seem to
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SSCP Honors Student Researcher for Studies on Racial Bias
Donte Bernard, a graduate student in the clinical psychology program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received the prestigious Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology’s Outstanding Student Diversity Research Award.
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Remembering Irving Gottesman, a Pioneer in Behavior Genetics
The idea that individual characteristics and disorders arise from complex interactions between genes and environment is so widely accepted today that it’s practically common knowledge — which makes it all the more remarkable that Irving
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Behavior, Energy, & Climate Change Conference Opens Call for Abstracts
The Behavior, Energy, & Climate Change Conference (BECC) will be held October 16–18, 2017, in Sacramento, California, and the call for abstracts is now open. The BECC is focused on understanding the behavior and decision-making of individuals and organizations and using that knowledge to accelerate the transition to an energy-efficient and low-carbon future.
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The Challenges of Being Bilingual
People who are bilingual have what psychological scientists call a “hard problem.” Even when they are speaking one language, lexical representations for both of the languages they speak become activated. As a result, speakers need
