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A weird and wonderful world of discovery
Irish Times: HAVE YOU ever read about a piece of health- related research and wondered what on Earth possessed anyone to ask that question in the first place? There’s often method to the seeming madness
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Män inte så heta som de tror
TV4 Sverige: Vill hon… eller vill hon inte? Antagligen inte. Män överskattar nämligen sin sexuella attraktionskraft, medan kvinnor underskattar den. Men även om många män är ute på tunn is, är strategin inte så dum
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Despite Occasional Scandals, Science Can Police Itself
Due to the fraud investigation of Diederik Stapel, psychological science has recently been put under a magnifying glass, and questions (both fair and unfair) have been raised about the integrity of the field. APS Executive
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Anti-Prejudice Campaigns Do More Harm Than Good?
A study in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science demonstrated that some anti-prejudice campaigns are not only ineffective, they may actually encourage prejudice. The researchers found that autonomy-focused interventions, which emphasize anti-prejudice as a personal
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¿Cómo es la cara del jefe perfecto?
Yahoo Espana: Los resultados de una empresa dependen de las características físicas y del rostro de su presidente. Al menos así lo afirma un estudio publicado recientemente por la universidad estadounidense de Milwakee después de
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To children (but not adults) a rose by any other name is still a rose
Two vital parts of mentally organizing the world are classification, or the understanding that similar things belong in the same category; and induction, an educated guess about a thing’s properties if it’s in a certain
