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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science
A sample of articles on extremism, the development of cognition, psychopathology and diagnosis, culture in animals, prediction biases, scams, market cognition, motor and language development.
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Before You Answer, Consider the Opposite Possibility
In 1906, the British statistician and polymath Francis Galton attended a country fair at which the attendees were invited to estimate the weight of an ox. Out of curiosity, Galton borrowed the cards on which
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Using Neuroscience to Challenge Our Eyes and Ears
The split-second distinctions made
possible by neuroscience challenge
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring causal inference about outcomes, preschoolers’ conversational turns, and contributors to prosocial behavior following a natural disaster.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring advice giving and motivation, mechanisms underlying face and expression processing impairments in autism, and visual perception in peripersonal space.
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Déjà Vu May Feel Like a Premonition, but It’s Not
In a study on déjà vu, participants were no more likely to accurately forecast the future than if they were blindly guessing — but when they were experiencing déjà vu, they felt like they could.
