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Why a looming storm makes us think we can eat all the junk food we want
The Washington Post: Milk, bread, eggs, ice-melt: These are the necessities we run out and buy when the forecast calls for a couple of inches of snow. These, we know, are the staples that will
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Failure of Intuition When Choosing Whether to Invest in a Single Goal or Split Resources Between Two Goals Alasdair D. F. Clarke and Amelia R. Hunt How
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Why Sports Wins and Sunshine May Lead You to Gamble
A sunny day or the fact that your favorite sports team unexpectedly won yesterday won’t improve your chances of winning the lottery and yet they might increase the likelihood that you’ll buy a ticket.
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Here’s proof you’ll be spending more money in 2016
Wired: Digital wallets have long been considered to be an ideal of modern life. Apple Pay, Android Pay and the other, similar, platforms available in 2016 will mean that we will deal less with cash
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It’s a week into January and a quarter of us have already abandoned our New Year’s resolutions
The Washington Post: Considering the number of people who make New Year’s resolutions — somewhere between 40 and 50 percent of us, according to various reports — there isn’t an overwhelming amount of recent research on
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We’ve Got Resolutions All Wrong
NPR: This weekend, Facebook’s “Memories” reminded me of a post from Jan. 2, 2009: “Tania Lombrozo is generating New Year’s resolutions…that look a lot like last year’s.” I could, unfortunately, post the same again today.
