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September 20th, 2010
In an excellent piece by David Brooks in the New York Times a while back, he mentioned the plethora of research that says that ...
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September 20th, 2010
An academic researcher asks you to share your opinions on religion, sex and online communication
Is it always wrong for unmarried people to have sex? Do you think sex toys are acceptable for use within marriage? Is it ever OK ...
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September 16th, 2010
Interesting piece on PsychCentral about the "trust gap" in America: In lab settings and in opinion polls, we tend to report thinking that other ...
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September 14th, 2010
A team of neuroscientists claim that it's possible to alter a subject's moral judgments using a large magnet to temporarily disrupt normal brain activity, according ...
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September 9th, 2010
I recently came across a fascinating piece on NPR from a few months back in which Alix Speigel interviewed Larry Nucci, a research psychologist ...
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September 7th, 2010
OK, I know I'm a little obsessed with self-control research (see my recent posts on Dogging Self-Control and Commitment Strategies 101) but ...
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September 2nd, 2010
In a recent issue of Psychological Science, researchers find that man's best friend reacts just like we do when posed with a challenge of ...
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August 31st, 2010
A round-up of oddly compelling bits of news:
Us heathen college professors aren't as devoid of faith as some might think: According to a new article ...
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August 30th, 2010
Are we texting our way out of potential relationships?
The phone call is dead, say tech-savvy social commentators. With the increasing popularity of text messaging, who needs to actually talk to someone ...
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August 26th, 2010
Trust is a crucial element of a successful relationship, experts tell us. But sometimes, as President Ronald Reagan said, "trust but verify."
According to a ...
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August 24th, 2010
It’s been nearly a year since three people died and dozens more were injured during a self-help retreat led by the now-infamous James ...
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August 19th, 2010
Are Shoppers Fairer? asked John Tierney in his New York Times column and blog.
Do markets and morality - as we like ...
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August 17th, 2010
Are college students today more narcissistic than their peers from previous generations?
Based on the results of the narcissistic personality inventory, a standardized test that has ...
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August 12th, 2010
If the pilot of your plane has a heart attack mid-air, could you land the plane? With the help of some calm, fast-thinking air ...
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August 10th, 2010
Here's some visual amusement -- to make you laugh or cry.
Check out this map, from the good folks at Sociological Images. The red ...
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August 5th, 2010
In the last year, at least six Cornell University students have committed suicide, with the most recent death in March. Back in the late ...
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August 3rd, 2010
Should economists be concerned with morals?
In a post recently on the Freakonomics blog, Stephen J. Dubner writes
economists - academic economists in particular ...
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August 2nd, 2010
How to listen to the voice inside that’s telling you not to go down the aisle
Within three months of dating a guy, I could always tell why the relationship should end. But most of the time, I’d keep dating him ...
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July 29th, 2010
A French documentary, which aired this spring, argues that we'd do anything to win a reality television show -- even kill another human being.
The film, ...
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July 27th, 2010
Ok, look at this ad quickly...
Looks normal right?
Yeah, these aren't human beings, they are Barbie dolls.
Thanks to the blog Sociological Images, for highlighting the find from ...
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