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How Your Brain Reacts To Mistakes Depends On Your Mindset
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t—you’re right,” said Henry Ford. A new study, to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds
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Everybody Thinks They’re Typical: Seeing Yourself in Others
The Atlantic: Who’s the more typical American, Bill Clinton or Barack Obama? According to a European study, the answer depends on who’s answering the question. How people see themselves is a potent force that affects
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Newly divorced
Democrat and Chronicle: Researchers took a look at several positive characteristics people might have — self-esteem, optimism, ease with relationships. They found that self-compassion is the one that can help newly divorced people the most. Self-compassion
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fMRIs Show That Dyslexia Isn’t A Matter of IQ
A brain-imaging study challenges a common understanding of dyslexia, showing that the reading difficulties associated with dyslexia are not related to IQ.
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How a Mother’s Love May Counter the Negative Health Effects of Poverty
TIME: Being raised in poverty can have lifelong negative effects on children’s health, increasing their risk of chronic disease in adulthood. But new research suggests one factor that may help protect poor kids from later
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Teens get smarter as their minds get quicker
Yahoo India: Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): A group of psychologists at University of Texas at San Antonio has found that adolescents become smarter because they become mentally quicker. This is the first time psychologists have
