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A Facial Theory of Politics
The New York Times: HOW important is a political candidate’s appearance? We’re all worldly enough to understand that looks matter. You probably know about the famous 1960 presidential debate between an unshaven and tired Richard
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Psychological Science Convention in Chicago: Music in the Mind, Mental Health, Learning, and More
More than 4,000 psychological scientists, academics, clinicians, researchers, teachers, and administrators from 85 countries will gather in Chicago for the Association for Psychological Science’s 24th annual convention May 23-27, 2012 at the Sheraton Chicago. A
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Politics, Civility, and Ideology – Insights from Psychological Science
We are political animals and it all starts in our brains. Psychological science gives us unique insights into an election year’s intensity and questions of political incivility, political ideology, political attitudes and brain structure, our
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Born This Way
New York Magazine: A few weeks before the 2008 election, Democratic strategists were running out of ideas for how to help Al Franken. His race against incumbent Minnesota senator Norm Coleman was a stubborn one
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Empathy may be negated by political party
United Press International: People may lack empathy for those who are hungry or cold if they perceive them to be of another political party, U.S. researchers said. Study co-authors Ed O’Brien and Phoebe C. Ellsworth
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Democrats & Republicans Don’t Care Much About Each Other’s Physical Distress
Discover Magazine: As we descend into another election year, it would be nice if we could remember that people across the political divide are, er, people too. Unfortunately, that’s harder than it sounds, according to
