#human-behavior

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In your Mind you live with thousands characters.

Tushar Saxena

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In your Mind you live with thousands characters.

Tushar Saxena

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Our brains aren’t wired to handle this much bad news. But ’looking away is not the fix,’ expert says.

Around 40% of people around the world are avoiding the news. Here’s why, according to a psychologist.

Our brains aren’t wired to handle this much bad news. But ’looking away is not the fix,’ expert says.

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’If astrological compatibility exists, its effects should be observable’: How one study of 20 million people shows star signs have no influence on romantic compatibility

Astrology has a long history, stretching back thousands of years and permeat...

’If astrological compatibility exists, its effects should be observable’: How one study of 20 million people shows star signs have no influence on romantic compatibility

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The science of how (and when) we decide to self-censor

The study’s main takeaway:

The science of how (and when) we decide to self-censor

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There is such a thing as ’settled science’ — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you

How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility.

There is such a thing as ’settled science’ — anyone who says otherwise is trying to manipulate you

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The constant surveillance of modern life could worsen our brain function in ways we don’t fully understand, disturbing studies suggest

We live in an era of constant surveillance. Psychology research shows how this might change how we perceive the world — even unconsciously

The constant surveillance of modern life could worsen our brain function in ways we don’t fully understand, disturbing studies suggest

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