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Powerful, Intoxicated, Anonymous: The Paradox of the Disinhibited
A team of scientists proposes a model to explain how the diverse domains of power, alcohol intoxication and anonymity produce similarly paradoxical social behaviors.
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Income inequality increases unhappiness, researchers say
Staunton News Leader: As high earners earn more, and lower or modest-income people earn less or see their incomes sit flat, the losers in the equation increasingly feel less happy and more inclined to believe
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When Power Levels Are Equal Women Are Just As Unfaithful As Men, Says New Study
The Huffington Post: Women cheat just as much as men — at least if they are playing on the same power level. A new study in that will appear in Psychological Science found that infidelity
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Power Players
Slate: Anthony Weiner’s extramarital sexting, Arnold Schwarzenegger’s love child, and the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal has led to a lot of handwringing about the prevalence of philandering among politicians and to speculation about why politicians risk
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An argument for roughhousing
The Washington Post: With Father’s Day just ahead, two dads are honoring the beloved tradition of roughhousing. Anthony T. DeBenedet and Lawrence J. Cohen have just published “The Art of Roughousing: Good Old-Fashioned Horseplay and
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CEPEDA: Now whites are feeling discrimination
The Sacramento Bee: Scholars from the Harvard Business School and Tufts University’s department of psychology recently confirmed the obvious in contemporary American race relations. The title of their report, “Whites See Racism as a Zero-Sum
