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Shutterstock Study: Smarter People Are More Trusting
Those who ranked higher in "generalized trust" scored more highly on vocabulary and question comprehension.
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Jackie Lay The Toxins That Threaten Our Brains
Leading scientists recently identified a dozen chemicals as being responsible for widespread behavioral and cognitive problems. But the scope of the chemical dangers in our environment is likely even greater. Why children and the poor are most susceptible to neurotoxic exposure that may be costing the U.S. billions of dollars and immeasurable peace of mind.
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Alaa Faqir / Reuters In Grief, Try Personal Rituals
The psychology of rituals in overcoming loss, restoring broken order
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Lucas Jackson/Reuters Life of a Police Officer: Medically and Psychologically Ruinous
The intensely challenging job of law enforcement is linked to many health issues. I met a former officer who tried to protect my high school friend and learned the effect her death had on him.
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Andy Clark/Reuters How Athletes Strategically Use Caffeine
Caffeine has become the performance-enhancing drug of choice in competitive sports. Using it in precise ways, and not excessively, seems most effective.
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Beautiful Minds Map: East Coast Brains Are Healthiest
America's Brain Health Index ranks the states on diet, social well-being, and physical and mental health—four factors that contribute to overall brain health.
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kodomut/flickr Is Speed Reading Possible?
A new app promises to help you read novels in minutes. Here's why it might not work.
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Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters How Actors Create Emotions: A Problematic Psychology
Fully inhabiting the mind, mannerisms, and reality of a fictional character can be as alienating as it is rewarding.
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barockschloss/flickr What It's Like on the Autism Spectrum
Intense stories of family with autism spectrum disorder, as submitted by Atlantic readers
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Kelly Quirino On Hearing Every Story as a Lesson
I spent a weekend without talking, being someone else at a convent
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stevendepolo/Martin Cathrae/seriousbri/flickr Our Moods, Our Foods
The messy relationship between how we feel and what we eat
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Vadim Ghirda/AP The Everyday Psychology of Nationalism
South Koreans were enraged when their countrywoman lost to a Russian competitor at the Sochi Olympics. That reaction may or may not have been right, but it was perfectly healthy.
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Jim Linwood/flickr Study: For Memory, Hearing Is Worse Than Seeing or Feeling
Participants were significantly better at recalling things they saw and touched than audio recordings they heard.
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AP Why Oscar Winners Say They’re 'Humbled'
Receiving an award makes you feel proud, but a new study suggests some winners may suppress their natural joy so they seem like good sports.
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Carlo Allegri / Reuters Creating a 'Living Image' of a Transgender Woman
Writer and advocate Janet Mock on the importance of showing transgender lives in the daylight, and avoiding a focus on the "before and after"
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Serge Melki/Flickr Supreme Court Case May Stop States That Still Execute Mentally Disabled
The justices banned execution of mentally disabled people in 2002. Now they are poised to tell death penalty states that they really meant it.
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puresolitude/flickr Trauma Is Contagious
Shortly after we moved in together, my boyfriend's experiences in Afghanistan began affecting me in strange and terrifying ways.
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FDA Check Out These Hot New Nutrition Facts
Today the Obama administration proposed the first change to U.S. food Nutrition Fact labels in almost a decade. A closer look at the numbers and the importance of subtle changes.
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Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP The Psychology of Begging to Be Followed on Twitter
What possible reward could come from tweeting thousands of times at a celebrity?
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U.S. Child Obesity Rates Actually Just as Unnerving as 10 Years Ago
A new report says there have been no significant changes in prevalence of obesity in the last decade.
