Is honesty valued differently across countries, and is the honesty of a country's people related to its economic development?
Date Posted: November 17, 2015
Categories: Other, Values Clarification
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Some people have extremely good face recognition abilities that set them apart from the rest of the population, a group psychologists refer to as "super recognisers".
Nov 14
Categories: Executive Functions, Other
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Positive distractions can increase your mental performance compared with negative distractions, a new study finds.
Nov 12
Categories: Executive Functions, Other
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What if scientists were able to implant or erase memories? Concerns about privacy loss and diminished capacity for true “informed concern,” given the growing knowledge gap between experts and everyone else.
Nov 11
Categories: Other, Values Clarification
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Scare tactics informed by brain science.
Oct 31
Categories: Fear, Other
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An estimated 5.3 million people in the U.S. suffer from Alzheimer’s disease (AD). The five current FDA-approved AD medications only help mask the disease symptoms instead of treating the underlying disease. In a new study, researchers used ...
Sep 7
Categories: Other, Stress Management
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"It's true because it's been published!"
Finding yourself believing published journals just because it has been tested? How can it be not a fact when it is backed up by evidence from a scientific journal? But a new study found that scientists who ...
Aug 31
Categories: Other
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A shifty gaze, fidgety stance or sweaty palms signal a liar in classic film noirs. In real life, however, it is surprisingly difficult to recognize when someone is telling a tall tale. Even among trained professionals, the lie-detection accuracy ...
Aug 25
Categories: Other
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A psychologist based in Italy says he has found a simple way to induce in healthy people an altered state of consciousness – simply get two individuals to look into each other's eyes for 10 minutes while they are sitting in a dimly lit room. Read ...
Aug 21
Categories: Other
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Finding yourself unable to make your female partner happy? Then you question yourself whether whether it's because you have done something wrong. Or was it because something happened at work. Or was she just having a bad day. Or maybe she's just ...
Aug 21
Categories: Other
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What if, I wonder, playfulness were in fact a survival skill, one more basic to the endurance of the species than even sharper eyes or teeth or claws, stronger muscles, or larger brains? It seems to me that of all the habits of mind and heart that ...
Aug 20
Categories: Other
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Have you been manipulated, lied to, controlled by a toxic person? The person may be a psychopath (antisocial), a narcissist or a borderline. They've betrayed, exploited and misled you. They've seduced you with their charm and beguiled you with ...
Aug 19
Categories: Other
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Would it surprise you to hear that the majority of actors are introverts? One would assume that someone who enjoys being in the spotlight would have to be an extrovert, but that’s not the way it is! The performances that constitute our impressions ...
Aug 18
Categories: Other
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Given the power of modern medicine, why have brain diseases increased by four times? Rates of brain diseases are increasing at almost epidemic rates, especially in the US, a new study reports. Read on to find out why.
Aug 17
Categories: Other
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Have that friend who is always being sarcastic and it gets annoying? Or have you ever been in that position where people ask terrible questions you snap back with a tinge of sarcasm? Well sarcasm doesn't always have to be a bad thing. Read on to ...
Aug 14
Categories: Other
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Always wanted to go on a diet but doubt its benefits? Always heard how certain actions/foods/habits will improve your memory? You are going to hear both in one now - a diet that may help you shed some belly fat, slow aging, and also help your memory ...
Aug 14
Categories: Other
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