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Living in a safer world: Offering help when surrounded by others for the sake of reputation

• written by Marly van Oirschot & Marco van Bommel

Revisiting the past can make the present a better place: The psychological and social benefits of nostalgia

• written by Clay Routledge

Consensual non-monogamy: Table for more than two, please

• written by Amy Moors, William Chopik, Robin Edelstein & Terri Conley

Keeping the spark alive: The role of sexual communal motivation

• written by Amy Muise

No strings attached: Are “friends with benefits” as complicated in real life as they are in the movies?

• written by Justin J. Lehmiller

From the Editors: Commentary for Embodiment Special Issue

Manipulating the body, measuring the body, and tinkering in the name of Psychology

• written by Thomas Schubert

Word of mouth: How our tongue shapes our preferences, and why you should eat popcorn in the cinema

• written by Sascha Topolinski

Grasping the grounded nature of mental simulation

• written by Ryan Elder & Aradhna Krishna

More than meets the eye: Physical sensations influence first impressions

• written by Michael Slepian

What can metaphors tell us about personality?

• written by Adam Fetterman & Michael Robinson

Seeing mountains in molehills: Embodied visual perception of the environment

• written by Shana Cole & Emily Balcetis

Judging a book by its cover: Prior knowledge determines the effect of embodied cues.

• written by Jesse Chandler

The good, the bad, and the ugly of the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty

• written by Angela Celebre & Ashley Waggoner Denton

Sense-making through science

• written by Bastiaan Rutjens, Frenk van Harreveld & Joop van der Pligt

A funny thing happened on the way to romance: How humor influences romantic relationship initiation

• written by Theresa DiDonato

Are we all jerks? Why nobody helps when surrounded by others

• written by Janneke Schilder