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Change Your Mind-Set, Reduce Your Chronic Pain
Humans, like other animals, are born with an instinctive motivation to escape pain. Think about the last time you touched something painfully hot and how quickly you pulled away from it. Your quick and automatic
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Daniel Kahneman On Misery, Memory, And Our Understanding Of The Mind
Economic theory rests on a simple notion about humans: people are rational. They seek out the best information. They measure costs and benefits, and maximize pleasure and profit. This idea of the rational economic actor
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring action-specific perception, intuitive judgments about the limits of science, and group reputation and prosocial behavior in children.
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Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
“How to Give a Gift: Shock and Awe, or Calm and Useful?” by
C. Nathan DeWall and “Corralling the Drifting Mind” by Cindi May and Gil Einstein -
New Book
Careful: A User’s Guide to Our Injury-Prone Minds by Steve Casner; Penguin Random House, May 23, 2017.
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Mind Over Midterms
Psychological scientists are studying promising interventions designed to change the mind-sets of students who believe their intelligence is limited or fixed.
