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In small groups, people follow high-performing leaders

February 22, 2019 Behavior, K-12 Education, Learning Disorders, Psychiatry, psychology, Racial Issues, Relationships, Social Psychology

While the “wisdom of the crowd” shapes the behavior of large groups of people, less is known about small-group dynamics

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Yea, team! Winning fans see self-esteem boost: Watching with friends makes win sweeter, and eases pain of loss

February 21, 2019 Anger Management, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Educational Psychology, Numeracy, Relationships, Social Psychology, Spirituality

Fans of a college football team that wins a big game could experience a boost in self-esteem that lasts at

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Brain learns to recognize familiar faces regardless of where they are in the visual field

November 10, 2018 Brain Injury, Intelligence, Language Acquisition, Learning Disorders, Perception, psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology

A Dartmouth study finds that recognition of faces varies by where they appear in the visual field and this variability

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Professional, not personal, familiarity works for virtual teams

October 24, 2018 Consumer Behavior, Intelligence, K-12 Education, Memory, psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology, stress

Knowing that your colleague on a project once owned a business, earned a specialized degree, or is a technology genius

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Don’t offer co-workers help unless asked: If you thought that proactively offering help to your co-workers was a good thing, think again

October 23, 2018 Behavior, Hearing Impairment, Multiple Sclerosis, Perception, psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology, stress

If you thought that proactively offering help to your co-workers was a good thing, think again. New workplace research from

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Is big-city living eroding our desire to be nice?

October 23, 2018 Behavior, Consumer Behavior, Educational Psychology, Intelligence, Psychiatry, psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology

A new study by University of Miami psychology researchers of anonymous interactions suggests that humans switch off their automatic inclination

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Asthma’s effects on airways at the single cell level

October 20, 2018 Anger Management, Asthma, Diabetes, Diseases and Conditions, Huntington's Disease, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Social Psychology, Stem Cells

By sequencing genetic material at a cell-by-cell level, researchers have described how type 2-high asthma affects the airways and results

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Do lovers always tease each other? Study shows how couples handle laughter and banter

October 16, 2018 Behavior, Borderline Personality Disorder, Gender Difference, Perception, psychology, Racial Issues, Relationships, Social Psychology

Laughter plays an important role in romantic relationships — whether or not it’s shared together or directed at the significant

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Freeloaders beware: Incentives to foster cooperation are just around the corner: Numerical simulations show that it is possible to coerce people to collaborate for the common good

October 11, 2018 Consumer Behavior, Memory, Neuroscience, Perception, psychology, Relationships, Social Psychology

In our society, there are always a certain percentage of people who adopt a freeloader attitude. They let other members

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Teenagers have a hard time reading one another’s tones of voice: But when it comes to understanding adult tones of voice — they are right on!

August 29, 2018 Child Psychology, K-12 Education, Learning Disorders, Mental Health, parenting, Perception, psychology, Social Psychology

Your teenage daughter gets into a shouting match with another kid at school. It turns out that it may have

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