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Your mother, metaphors, and other monkey business: How experiences of physical warmth shape how we think about relationships

... & Boroditsky, 2008). However, is this always the case?We don’t think so. Social relationships might reflect something much more ... / more

House, M.D. and the science of psychogenic illness

... realism of the plot from “Airborne.” House, M.D. (don’t you dare forget the comma) is, at its core, a show about medicine and ... assumptions about people. Is it true that “people don’t change,” as House claims? How about the idea that “people act in ... / more

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

... people with some training in helping behavior, and when you don’t have that information; your best pick is to address the tallest and ... & Batson, 1973). Second, we can be better helpers when we don’t just assume that others reactions resemble the truth about what’s ... / more

Confessions of a sociopath: A life spent hiding in plain sight

... There are also other advantages of emotions that we usually don’t think about, such as learning how to be careful with dangerous tools. ... / more

Would you recognize the perpetrator? What do you need to know when you have to make an identification from a lineup?

... also has the option to refrain from making a decision (“don’t know” answer). It is straightforward that witnesses’ ... it is permissible to reject the lineup , or to say “I don’t know”. Witnesses should always keep in mind that only they have the ... / more

When the thought of yourself nags you: How failure to attain cultural standards brings suicide on the fringe of consciousness

... obscure. When we are confronted with a failure, we don’t want to face a mirror. We would rather be someone else, forget ... / more

The dish on gossip: Its origins, functions, and bad reputation

... fine, so long as you’re also willing to bring them in). We don’t have to witness the co-worker being chastised to learn how to avoid his ... / more

Honor in the Past: The Case of Mexico

... member of the native elite because he used the honorific don which was associated with the lower nobility. It was a fairly common ... lay claim to the honor derived from being an official. Don Abad Galicia and his family evidently considered themselves to have ... / more

BLINK: The power of thinking without thinking

... Gladwell presents in a way that is easy to understand. I don’t think I would go too far by calling BLINK one of the grandmothers ... / more