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Royal Baby Name ‘Charlotte’ Makes Top 10 List

Live Science: For the second year in a row, more parents have donned their boys with the name Noah than any other name, the Social Security Administration announced this morning (May 8). And Emma...

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The Psychological Case Against Tasty, Tasty Appetizers

New York Magazine: There’s a lot to think about when you go out to eat. Bottled or tap? Red or white? How are we splitting this check? One thing you likely aren’t thinking about, however, is how, when...

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The Science of Why You Crave Comfort Food

TIME: It’s not just because these foods are tasty. It’s because they make us feel less alone In mid-July, I was visiting my hometown in Minnesota when I happened upon the unmistakable scent of...

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New Research From Psychological Science

Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Opportunity Cost Neglect Attenuates the Effect of Choices on Preferences Adam Eric Greenberg and Stephen A. Spiller When someone makes...

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With Food, Similar Substitutes Are Less Satisfying

Sometimes the one thing we want isn’t available and we have to settle for second best—instead of picking the closest substitute, new research suggests we’d be better off picking a not-so-similar...

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New Research From Psychological Science

Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: A Cognitive-Ecological Explanation of Intergroup Biases Hans Alves, Alex Koch, and Christian Unkelbach People often evaluate...

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How to Stop Hating Your Least Favorite Food

Cucumbers are my nemesis. I want to fight every food in the melon family and many melon-adjacent foods, but melons avoid my primary disdain because they usually take their rightful place as easily...

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New Content From Current Directions in Psychological Science

The Psychology of Intolerance: Unpacking Diverse Understandings of IntoleranceMaykel Verkuyten, Levi Adelman, and Kumar YogeeswaranVerkuyten and colleagues compare and contrast three different...

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In the “I” of the Beholder: People Believe Self-Relevant Artwork is More...

People have fairly consistent preferences when it comes to judging the beauty of things in the real world—it’s well known, for example, that humans prefer symmetrical faces. But our feelings about art...

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Why We Click on Stuff We Know We Won’t Like

Why is there a deluge of divisive and negative content on social media? Is it simply that — despite what we’d prefer to think about ourselves — we like this kind of stuff? After all, research suggests...

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