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Which Study Strategies Make the Grade?
A scientific review suggests that several popular study strategies are ineffective, while effective strategies are underused.
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How to Be a Better Boss in 2013
The Wall Street Journal: The new year has arrived—and with it, the inevitable wave of self-improvement plans and resolutions. Along with pledging to lose weight or kick a coffee habit, why not resolve to be
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Study: Racial stereotyping linked to creative stagnation
Salon: In an article published in Psychological Science, researchers at Tel Aviv University found that racial stereotyping and creative stagnation have something big in common: categorical thinking. “Although these two concepts concern very different outcomes
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Small Price Differences Can Make Options Seem More Similar, Easing Our Buying Decisions
Some retailers, such as Apple’s iTunes, are known for using uniform pricing in an effort to simplify consumers’ choices and perhaps increase their tendency to make impulse purchases. But other stores, like supermarkets, often have
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Just 8% of People Achieve Their New Year’s Resolutions. Here’s How They Do It.
Forbes: Let me guess: You want to lose weight in 2013, or maybe just eat healthier. Perhaps you want to spend less money or spend more time with your friends and family. I know I
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Resolutions: So Irresistible, So Hard to Keep
The Wall Street Journal: It’s a scenario most of us know well: We start out on a grand plan to exercise more, lose weight or cut out the cigarettes. Then we fail, sometimes repeatedly, each
