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Einstein beats Mother Theresa as the hero of the world

... world history. For a number of influential figures, our perception of their achievements however strongly depends on how our ...                                        shared, global history are. Even historical events that are commonly ... / more

How to win (and lose) friendships across cultures: Why relational mobility matters

... already uncovered cultural differences in mindsets and shared beliefs that impact how people in different countries feel, think, and ... it’s better to have a positively biased perception of your self-worth – that is, better to self-enhance – as ... / more

Cooperation in social dilemmas: How can psychology help to meet climate change goals?

Effectively managing shared natural resources is essential to protecting and improving our physical ... fight climate change are the roles of social norms and shared identities. We draw attention to environmentally friendly behaviour as ... instead on social identity and aim to reduce the perception that the group is threatened by changes to the physical ... / more

Just a compliment? Why positive gender stereotypes can be more harmful than they seem

... them actor Catherine Deneuve, who famously cosigned a widely shared petition in the French newspaper “Le Monde” stating that: “Rape is ... between the two fundamental dimensions of social perception . European Review of Social Psychology, 21(1), 155–187. ... / more

To which gender’s disadvantage are school grades biased – girls or boys?

... about groups), these might inadvertently guide their perception and lead to systematically worse grades for the supposedly less ... Fiske ST. Prejudices in Cultural Contexts: Shared Stereotypes ( Gender , Age) Versus Variable Stereotypes ... / more

Is there an art center in our brain? That’s bananas!

... are easier for our brain to process, both at the level of perception and the level of thinking [ Processing Fluency Theory ; 13]. It ... N. Maurer, A. H. Denker, and G. G. Starr, „Stronger shared taste for natural aesthetic domains than for artifacts of human ... / more

That's cringe! – Wait a minute. What is cringe?

... example, because watching a violent movie together creates a shared experience [13]. Watching cringe videos could be understood in a similar ... [11] D. K. Marcus, “The Perception of ‘Live’ Embarrassment : A social relations analysis of ... / more

How body language helps us understand other people’s emotions

... neural representations of these very same states (so-called shared representations) [5], [6]. This idea first emerged in the mid-1990s ... the ability to perceive our own emotions influences our perception of others’ emotions [16], [17]. Moreover, people with high ... / more