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Individuals’ Well-Being Linked With When and How They Manage Emotions
Using reappraisal to regulate our emotions in situations we actually have control over may be associated with lower well-being, researchers find.
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A Call to Change Science’s Culture of Shaming
In a guest column, APS Past President Susan T. Fiske calls on psychological scientists to tone down the ad hominem research critiques that are spreading across social media.
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Cattell Fund to Support Research on Memory, Emotion, Learning
The 2016–2017 James McKeen Cattell Fund Fellowships have been awarded to APS Past Board Member Barbara L. Fredrickson, APS Fellow Aaron S. Benjamin, and developmental psychologist Rachel F. Barr. Presented in partnership with APS, the
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The Psychological Pros and Cons of Connectivity
A study of employees in South Africa indicates that people generally view their experiences with smart phones, emails, and wireless networks with more positivity than negativity.
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The One Important Thing Missing From the Health Care Debate
Fortune: You may have seen the big news on health care: Aetna is going to stop offering individual health insurance policies on the health exchanges in 11 of the 15 states where it operates. Aetna
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Curiosity Is Not Intrinsically Good
Scientific American: Why do people seek out information about an ex’s new relationships, read negative Internet comments and do other things that will obviously be painful? Because humans have an inherent need to resolve uncertainty
