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When it comes to decorating elementary classrooms, less may be more. A study with a small group of kindergarten students found that kids in highly decorated classrooms were more distracted, spent more...
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Neurons Reveal the Brain’s Learning Limit
Scientists have discovered a fundamental constraint in the brain that may explain why it’s easier to learn a skill that’s related to an ability you already have. For example, a trained pianist can...
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Greater social support and more frequent hugs may protect people from the increased likelihood of infection associated with stress and result in less severe illness symptoms. Led by Sheldon Cohen,...
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The “humblebrag” and other forms of self-promotion often backfire, a new study finds. The researchers wanted to find out why so many people frequently get the trade-off between self-promotion and...
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We Have No Idea How Biased We Are
It has been well established that people have a “bias blind spot,” meaning that they are less likely to detect bias in themselves than others. However, it hasn’t been clear how blind we are to our own...
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