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Human Insights for Machine Smarts
Cognitive scientists are helping artificial intelligence think more like us.
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Where Do Feelings Come From?
We often assume that our feelings are responses to the world around us. A friend gives you a fun gift, you feel joy. A driver cuts you off in traffic, you feel frustration. But what
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Don’t Shut Down Your Anger. Channel It.
There is an upside to feeling angry. According to research published this week in the “Journal of Personality and Social Psychology,” anger is more helpful at motivating people to overcome obstacles and meet their goals than a
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Depression May Cause Us to View Success as an Exception to the Rule
Researchers have started to link the negative outlook brought about by depression to an impaired ability to update expectations.
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Depression May Cause Us to View Success as an Exception to the Rule
Researchers have started to link the negative outlook brought about by depression to an impaired ability to update expectations.
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Why Emotional Intelligence Takes a Dive Among the Affluent
For years, social psychologists knew those with high socioeconomic status read the emotions of others poorly. But a June 2021 study in Social Psychological and Personality Science found when people experience economic inequality, they develop a more
