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Aug 17 The art of small talk turns out to rest on two unglamorous moves rather than clever lines Scandinavia Standard
Aug 17 Psychology says people who aren't genuinely good are almost never cruel in obvious ways Brendan Brown
Aug 17 Psychology says people who keep their circle extremely small as they age aren't becoming antisocial Brendan Brown
Aug 17 People who grew up with little affection tend to carry recognisable patterns into adulthood, but the kindest, most… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 17 Thinking outside the box really can bring unexpected benefits, but the phrase oversells how easy it is Scandinavia Standard
Aug 17 When German adults rated how much care they had received from each grandparent, the order ran maternal grandmother… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 17 A University of Virginia study followed 184 people from age 13 into their mid-30s and found empathy moving through… The Balance
Aug 16 IQ scores rose by roughly three points every decade throughout the 20th century, then reversed Lachlan Brown
Aug 16 People believe that asking for advice makes them look incompetent, and in one set of experiments the advisers rated… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 16 In a replication run across dozens of laboratories, people who described a robber's face before picking him out of a… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 16 Sweden’s communal fika break may look like lost working time, but an MIT study offers a remarkable parallel The Balance
Aug 16 Psychologists have found two separate routes to being deferred to, one built on intimidation and one on demonstrated… Scandinavia Standard
Aug 16 In a Chicago commuter experiment, passengers told to talk to a stranger reported a significantly more positive ride… The Balance
Aug 16 Psychology says people who stop trying to impress others aren't becoming cold or indifferent The Balance
Aug 15 Researchers surveyed nearly 900 adults and found that total isolation was actually less restorative than being alone… The Balance
Aug 15 Yale researchers followed 660 people for 23 years and found that those who viewed their own ageing positively lived… Lachlan Brown
Aug 15 UC Berkeley researchers once ran four studies and found the same striking pattern each time Lachlan Brown
Aug 15 A 20-year Swedish study of nearly 30,000 women found that nonsmokers who avoided active sun exposure had a life… Lachlan Brown
Aug 15 Finland endured another winter of freezing temperatures and brutally short days, then was named the world's happiest… The Balance
Aug 15 What we remember about the house we grew up in is usually a smell or a corner, not a fact, and that is no accident Scandinavia Standard