psychology

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2025-02-26 @ 18.40.27 ∈ In English

 

Why do we fall for wellness scams? Our cultural biases and myths are often to blame
[Our shared mythologies and symbols] seem to make our lives more "efficient" by surpassing tedious fact-checking. Over time, these cultural codes become embedded into our psychologies, operating as background biases that shape our decision-making.
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2025-02-20 @ 14.08.13 ∈ In English

Neuroscientists Discovered the Key to Dream Memory – And It Might Surprise You
[People] with a positive attitude toward dreams and a tendency for mind-wandering were significantly more likely to recall their dreams. […] Younger participants showed higher rates of dream recall[.] [Some reported] lower dream recall during winter compared to spring[.]
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2024-11-01 @ 8.51.16 ∈ In English

Research confirms stereotypes about job-related traits
Stereotypes about which personality traits are associated with different jobs are largely true, an extensive study by psychologists suggests. The findings help to explain why some people thrive in creative professions, others aspire to leadership roles, and still others work in care and counseling.
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2024-10-30 @ 11.20.25 ∈ In English

Highly Predictable Interactions
We should have unpredictable experiences. But our lives are greatly enhanced when interactions are highly predictable.
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2024-10-10 @ 12.27.30 ∈ In English

Carefully exposing children to more misinformation can make them better fact-checkers, study suggests
Researchers found that the children who were the most diligent about fact-checking […] claims were also the ones who saw more false claims […] earlier in the study. Meanwhile, those who had more reliable environments with fewer false claims earlier in the study did almost no fact-checking.
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2024-09-30 @ 15.21.14 ∈ Suomeksi

Joonas Konstigin kolumni: Miehet ovat ihanaistuneet
Miesten välisessä kommunikaatiossa on tapahtunut pieni sydämellinen vallankumous, kirjoittaa Konstig
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2024-09-25 @ 12.27.59 ∈ In English

Fussy eating in children largely down to genetics, research shows
Pickiness ‘not down to parenting’ and peaks at seven years old, according to study
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2024-09-14 @ 13.22.30 ∈ In English

(From 2023; Medium.com, eww)

AI and the American Smile
Why do you smile the way you do? A silly question, of course, since it’s only “natural” to smile the way you do, isn’t it? It’s common sense. How else would someone smile? As a person who was not born in the U.S., who immigrated here from the former Soviet Union, as I did, this question is not so simple.
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2024-06-23 @ 16.09.10 ∈ In English

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How Cults Use Language to Control | Otherwords
If there’s one thing cult leaders do, it’s talk. A LOT. Language is an integral part of how cults keep their members bonded, isolated and obedient.