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Psychologists: Awesomeness Is Good For You
Business Insider: A seriously cool study is coming out later this year in Psychological Science on the benefits of awe. Awe, which describes a “feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder” and comes
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Sexy women’s bodies in ads seen as objects
United Press International: Both men and women see images of sexy women’s bodies in advertisements as objects, but they see sexy-looking men as people, Belgian researchers found. “What’s unclear is, we don’t actually know whether
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Advertising: Why we think sexy men are men and sexy women are objects
Toronto Star: Society has grown accustomed to depictions of scantily clad women being used to sell everything from hamburgers to SUVs, now a study has found that at a basic cognitive level, both men and
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Frauen erscheinen als Sexobjekte
Der Spiegel: Was sieht jemand beim Blick auf das Foto einer kaum bekleideten oder nackten Frau: einen Menschen oder ein Objekt? Und werden Männer in Badehose oder Unterwäsche anders wahrgenommen? Diesen Fragen sind belgische und
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People See Sexy Pictures of Women as Objects, Not People
Perfume ads, beer billboards, movie posters: everywhere you look, women’s sexualized bodies are on display. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, finds that both men and
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Why the Powerful Lie, Cheat and Steal
Discovery News: The trial of former Sen. John Edwards, who is currently facing charges of allegedly diverting funds from his failed 2008 presidential campaign to his former mistress, Rielle Hunter, raises a question that comes
