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Conquer Phobias By Watching Someone Else Interact With What You’re Afraid Of: Study
The Huffington Post: Are you afraid of spiders? A good way to get over that fear might be to watch another person interact with a spider, and experience no harm from doing so. A new
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Warning of Potential Side Effects of a Product Can Increase Its Sales
Drug ads often warn of serious side effects, from nausea and bleeding to blindness, even death. New research suggests that, rather than scaring consumers away, these warnings can improve consumers’ opinions and increase product sales
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Some Parts of Memory Still Developing Deep Into Childhood
Young Children Have Difficulty When Elements of Memory Overlap Memory for not only what happened, but where and when something happened, undergoes substantial development even after the age of 7, according to a new study
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An Honest Wage: Dollars, Hours, And Ethics
The Huffington Post: In the nation’s capital this month, Mayor Vincent Gray vetoed legislation that would have forced large retailers to pay more than the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25 an hour. Gray was
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Disaster Relief Donations Track Number of People Killed, Not Survivors
People pay more attention to the number of people killed in a natural disaster than to the number of survivors when deciding how much money to donate to disaster relief efforts, according to new research
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‘Everyday sadists’ receive emotional boost from seeing others suffer, studies show
National Post: Two new studies show that people who score high on a measure of sadism seem to enjoy pleasure from behaviours that hurt others, and are even willing to spend extra effort to make
