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Eye Contact Makes You Less Persuasive, Say Researchers
Slate: I’ve often wondered why eye contact—which is supposed to make you feel good, because your conversational partner is paying attention to you and not her phone!—can actually feel like an attempt to vacuum out
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In a Mood? Call Center Agents Can Tell
The New York Times: IN a YouTube clip from one of Steve Jobs’s last interviews, he appears to be enjoying reminiscing about how he first hit upon the idea for the keyboardless tablet that eventually
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Why You’re Able to Spot a Friend in a Crowd, Even When You Can’t See Their Face
Pacific Standard: Have you ever surprised yourself by correctly recognizing a friend in a crowd, far, far away? Even if her face isn’t at all visible, there’s something about the way she’s standing or walking
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The Why Factor: Swearing
BBC: Why do a few, select words have such power to shock and offend? With help from swearing historian Melissa Mohr, Mike Williams traces the history of taboo language from Roman times to the present
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A Tiny Pronoun Says a Lot About You
The Wall Street Journal: You probably don’t think about how often you say the word “I.” You should. Researchers say that your usage of the pronoun says more about you than you may realize. Surprising
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Too much eye contact could be why we’re not seeing eye to eye
Chicago Tribune: Like most Americans, I haven’t looked up from my smartphone since 2007. I’ve evolved a nice set of sensitive, molelike whiskers that allow me to navigate around things like walls, other humans or