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Does thinking quickly make life risky?
Business Insider: Faster thinking made people more likely to take risks: “In two experiments, we tested for a causal link between thought speed and risk taking. In Experiment 1, we manipulated thought speed by presenting
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Two Heads Are Not Better Than One
The Huffington Post: Once we saw the house, we knew that it would be just perfect for our recently blended family. Room for three not quite adult but definitely not young children. Great kitchen. A
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Celebrity Psychology: Amanda Bynes drives away from police
Examiner: As a Hollywood star from the TV sitcom What I Like About You alongside Jenny Garth and the musical Hairspray with John Travolta, Amanda Bynes is one celebrity that many fans think is a
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Mind Changer and Game Changer
APS Past-President Elizabeth Loftus, University of California, Irving, is the highest-ranking female in the list of top 100 psychologists. She’s gained world-wide renown for her experiments showing that memory, far from being an accurate record
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Decision-Making Under Stress: The Brain Remembers Rewards, Forgets Punishments
TIME: If you’re trying to make an important decision while the baby is crying, the boss is shouting on the phone and the cat has chosen this moment to think outside the box, you might
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Stress turns men into risk-takers, while women play it safe
Toronto Star: Stress increases the differences in how men and women think about risk, according to a newly published article in Current Directions in Psychological Science. The article reviewed a number of previous studies that
