Social media networks, which often foster partisan antagonism, may also offer a solution to reducing political polarization, according to new
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16 going on 66: Will you be the same person 50 years from now? Research suggests personality is both stable and malleable across the lifespan
How much do you change between high school and retirement? The answer depends on whether you’re comparing yourself to others
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Mice individuality is influenced by their relations
Individuality is not exclusive to humans. Though this idea was previously rebutted by biologists, today it is accepted that individuality
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Artificial intelligence can predict your personality … simply by tracking your eyes
It’s often been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, revealing what we think and how we
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Kissing up to the boss can increase employees’ bad behavior in the workplace, study shows
Kissing up to the boss at work may help boost employees’ careers but it also depletes the employees’ self-control resources,
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Empathetic dogs lend a helping paw: Study shows that dogs that remain calm and show empathy during their owner’s distress help out faster
Many dogs show empathy if their owner is in distress and will also try to help rescue them. This is
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Email incivility has a ripple effect on households
It turns out that a rude email’s reach extends further than the recipients in the message’s “To” field. As email
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Study on social interactions could improve understanding of mental health risks: New paper explores the epidemiological dimensions of social anhedonia
McLean Hospital investigators have released the results of a study that outlines how age, socioeconomic status, and other factors might
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Minority bias exerts a powerful influence in categorizing multiracial individuals
How you perceive someone who is multiracial matters. Historically, the answer to that question for someone who was black-white multiracial
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When consumers don’t want to talk about what they bought
One of the joys of shopping for many people is the opportunity to brag about their purchases to friends and
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