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One Year of School Comes With an IQ Bump, Meta-Analysis Shows
A year of schooling leaves students with new knowledge, and it also equates with a small but noticeable increase to students’ IQ, according to a systematic meta-analysis published in Psychological Science, a journal of the
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Humans Are Dumb At Figuring Out How Smart Animals Are
If an animal is smart enough, should we treat it like a human? An abstract question, but one that found its way into a courtroom recently. A case bidding for consideration by the New York
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Can you improve your emotional intelligence?
You might think you’re fairly intelligent, but are you emotionally intelligent? It’s our emotional intelligence that gives us the ability to read our instinctive feelings and those of others. It also allows us to understand
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elects APS Leaders as Members
Several APS leaders, including APS Past President Robert W. Levenson, APS Past Board Member Lisa Feldman Barrett, and Current Directions in Psychological Science Editor Randall W. Engle, have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and
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Why People Dislike Really Smart Leaders
Intelligence makes for better leaders—from undergraduates to executives to presidents—according to multiple studies. It certainly makes sense that handling a market shift or legislative logjam requires cognitive oomph. But new research on leadership suggests that
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“Will I Look Dumb?” When Virtual Assistants Deter Help-Seeking
Humanlike virtual assistants may deter some people from seeking help on tasks that are supposed to measure achievement.
