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Does Revenge Serve an Evolutionary Purpose?
Scientific American: Spontaneous patriotic chants and flag-waving crowds were sparked by word that Osama bin Laden had been killed earlier this week. Despite the man’s loathed reputation as the mastermind of the September 11 terrorist
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Playing football games on computers ‘makes you more aggressive’
Daily Mail: Computer games about football make players more aggressive than violent ones, psychologists claim. While participants remain ‘numb’ when they see someone being ‘killed’ on screen, apparently harmless games that mirror real life can
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Robisz karierę? Jesteś hipokrytą i zaliczysz „skok w bok”
Telewizja Polska Spółka Akcyjna: Nie tylko mężczyźni na wysokich stanowiskach częściej zdradzają. Większą skłonność do oszukiwania swych partnerów wykazują też kobiety, które pną się po szczeblach kariery zawodowej – wykazały badania opublikowane w „Psychological Science”.
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Dependent people aren’t always passive
The Times of India: The moment you think of a dependent person, an image of someone who’s needy, high-maintenance, and passive comes in front. But dependent people aren’t always passive, according to a study. “In
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Dependency and Passivity-You Can Have One without the Other
Think of a dependent person and you think of someone who’s needy, high-maintenance, and passive. That’s how many psychologists and therapists think of them, too; passivity is key. But dependency is actually more complex and
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Want to be a macho man? Study finds it’s not easy
The Globe and Mail: It’s an oft-spoofed scene: young men who fail to ‘score’ wailing on each other outside a nightclub. A new paper suggests that manhood is a precarious status—and when it’s threatened, men