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Study: Oxytocin (‘The Hormone of Love’) Also Makes Us Conformists
The Atlantic: PROBLEM: Oxytocin, which you may also know as “the hormone of love,” is the driving force behind sociability, trust, and generosity. It enables everything from mother-child bonding to orgasms, and it’s one of
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Welche Gesten den Egoisten entlarven (The gestures that reveal the egoist)
Die Welt: Sie haben jemanden gerade erst kennen gelernt und trotzdem überkommt Sie bereits nach wenigen Minuten ein mulmiges Gefühl. Ihr Bauchgefühl sagt Ihnen, dass Sie dieser Person besser nicht vertrauen sollten. Doch wieso wirken
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Robot Reveals Why Humans Trust, and Don’t
Discovery News: Humans often make snap judgements about who to trust. Most people will say “I didn’t like the look of that person,” but what that means, exactly, has been elusive. Now a robot is
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How Your Cell Phone Hurts Your Relationships
Scientific American: Most of us are no stranger to this scenario: A group of friends sits down to a meal together, laughing, swapping stories, and catching up on the news – but not necessarily with
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Who’s Trustworthy? A Robot Can Help Teach Us
The New York Times: How do we decide whether to trust somebody? An unusual new study of college students’ interactions with a robot has shed light on why we intuitively trust some people and distrust
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Why We Lie: Time Is A Factor, Study Suggests
The Huffington Post: Lying: Everyone does it, even though we know we shouldn’t. So what makes us do it? Desire for acceptance, preservation of self-esteem, not wanting to get in trouble — any number of
