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

... about bad commercials [1] or young people discussing social media content [2]. So, what exactly is cringe? The Urban ... [8] A. Uysal, G. Akbaş, E. Helvacı, and İ. Metin, “Validation and correlates of the vicarious embarrassment scale,” ... / more

Horoscopes – why we believe in them

... 1956. [2] B. R. Forer, "The fallacy of personal validation: a classroom demonstration of gullibility," The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 118-123, 1949. [3] N. D. ... / more

Thinking gold: the link between cognition and performance in olympic athletes

... including nutrition, genetics, blood health, motor skills, social life, and cognition. Current research approaches therefore place special ... as well as significant resources and time-consuming validation procedures. Currently, there is no open task battery of ... / more

"We are on the same wavelength!" The creation of a shared reality and its relationship with uncertainty reduction and connection with others

... a sense of security in their beliefs, a phenomenon called social validation . Much of what we believe is shaped not only by our own thoughts ... / more

Trauma(tic) Media - What does it even look like? 

... among professionals (e.g., therapists, first responders, social workers) who, though not directly exposed to a traumatic event, work ... and psychological distress among social workers: A validation study.,” American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, vol. 76, no. 1, pp. ... / more

FOMO: The fun everybody else has

... is that unease that hits you when you scroll through your social media feed and see photos of a party you have missed. Who is ... more common among younger generations who rely on external validation for their identity development [1]. Additionally, there is greater ... / more

Internet, dating, addiction: A match made in heaven

... feel bad [4]. At first glance, swiping offers nothing but social acceptance in the form of matches. Thus, by making rejections ... apps incentivize swiping. Users’ “appetite for constant validation is fueled by Tinder’s addictive function” [5]. Psychoanalytic ... / more