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Ostracizing Others Hurts As Much As Being Excluded Ourselves, Study Finds
The Huffington Post: Being purposely ignored hurts — and so does purposely ignoring someone, new research suggests. “Our results highlight that it goes against the grain of people’s psychological needs to exclude others,” study researcher
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Babies prefer those who pick on individuals who are different
The Boston Globe: People often yearn for the innocence of youth, that time of unbiased childlike wonder that came before experience intruded, transforming us into cynical and self-interested adults. But we may be nostalgic for
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Know Thyself: How Mindfulness Can Improve Self-Knowledge
Mindfulness — paying attention to one’s current experience in a non-judgmental way — might help us to learn more about our own personalities, according to a new article published in the March 2013 issue of Perspectives
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Study: People who ostracize others could be hurting, too
MSN: Bullies with the blues have only themselves to blame, according to a new study. Research published in the journal Psychological Science said deliberately ignoring or excluding someone can hurt the ostracizer as much as their
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Intel Science Talent Search: Social Roles Seen Through Eye Movements
The Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS), the nation’s most prestigious pre-college science competition, recognizes and rewards 300 student semifinalists and their schools each year. The 40 finalists are then invited to Washington, DC, where
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Language That Reinforces Inequality
Men solve problems differently than women. Women solve problems differently than men. At first glance, both sentences communicate the same information. But according to a 2012 study published in the European Journal of Social Psychology