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We’re Sorry: Not All Apologies Are Apologies
Miller-McCune: Variations on “I’m sorry” are playing an increasingly prominent part in our public and private discourse, with figures as diverse as Charlie Sheen and the CEO of BP making widely circulated statements of remorse.
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Workzone: I know what he said, but what did he mean?
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Civil society demands a certain amount of diplomacy — even if those rude co-workers in the comic strip “Dilbert” are pretty funny. But planes have crashed and patients have misunderstood diagnoses as a
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Need a hand? Find someone humble
msnbc: If you need a helping hand, reach out to the most humble person you know. In a study published online in the Journal of Positive Psychology, researchers found that humble folks are more likely
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Because You Said So?
The Epoch Times: Adults rely heavily on verbal labels to identify objects and understand the world around them, and scientists have long believed that children’s minds work the same way. A new study from Ohio
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Gary Lupyan
University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA http://sapir.psych.wisc.edu/ What does your research focus on? I am interested in the cognitive functions of language. Apart from being used to communicate our ideas, how does speaking a language shape
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Is ‘twin communication’ a real thing?
msnbc: When twins Danielle and Nicole Fisher gave birth to baby boys within minutes of one another, people wondered whether it was the result of some sort of special twin telepathy. After all, what are
