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Infidelity for the social media age: What is microcheating, and is it a big deal?
Liking a co-worker's photo on social media. Sending them direct messages. Checking in on Slack more often than before.
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Study assesses U.S. image amid weakening of democracy
The erosion of democracy in the U.S. has been a topic of concern in recent years, especially after protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to block the certification of Joe Biden's election as president. ...
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Research shows Democrats trust doctors more than Republicans post-pandemic
Democrats are more likely to trust their personal doctors and follow their doctors' advice than Republicans, new research from the University of Oregon finds.
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Apr 4, 2025
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Fear of rejection shapes children's peer group behavior
Imagine you're a child in a classroom, and your teacher tells everyone to form groups for a project. You sit and wait, watching as other kids pair up and wondering if anyone will pick you.
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Apr 4, 2025
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Persistent underconfidence: Why we doubt our own abilities even when we're good at something
A new study from the University of Copenhagen and University College London has unraveled why some people feel insecure in their abilities—even when they are actually good at what they do.
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Apr 4, 2025
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Gendered expectations extend to science communication
Communicating complex science in a way that the public can understand is crucial. A new study from the University of Adelaide reveals that in scientific societies, women are shouldering the bulk of this work—often voluntarily—due ...
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Apr 4, 2025
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Being alone has its benefits—a psychologist flips the script on the 'loneliness epidemic'
Over the past few years, experts have been sounding the alarm over how much time Americans spend alone.
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Apr 4, 2025
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Subreddits study highlights the hidden ways that hate speech spreads
Explicit antisemitic language used online may be somewhat easy to spot, but implied or suggested meanings can be harder to identify and thus able to circumvent censorship and social stigma.
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Apr 4, 2025
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Sex stereotypes shape children's play in Australian homes
The types of play equipment found in Australian households is associated with the sex of the children living there, a University of Queensland study has found.
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Apr 4, 2025
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How the 'manosphere' spreads through online gaming, influencers and algorithms
The Netflix series Adolescence has generated discussions about masculinity, male violence and the effect of "manosphere" content on boys. The manosphere is a collection of men's rights and misogynistic groups that are interconnected ...
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Apr 4, 2025
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Yes, data can produce better policy—but it's no substitute for real-world experience
Governments like to boast that "data-driven" policies are the best way to make fair, efficient decisions. They collect statistics, set targets and adjust strategies to suit.
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Apr 4, 2025
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'Making memories' via social media is an increasingly 'crucial' part of live events
Eventgoers' live experiences are shaped by media technologies like social media, whether used in the moment or not, and memory and anticipation are increasingly part of live experiences themselves, research published in the ...
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Apr 3, 2025
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Common phrases, not fancy words, can make you sound more fluent in a foreign language
Language learners often assume that using rare, complex vocabulary will make their speech sound more fluent. Research suggests that there is a close relationship between formulaic expression usage in speech and acoustic features ...
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Apr 3, 2025
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Investment behaviors characterized by masculinity can negatively impact returns, study finds
A new study posted to the SSRN preprint server by researchers from the University of Mannheim and the University of Essex shows that male and female fund managers invest in different sectors—influenced by their own consumption ...
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Apr 3, 2025
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Gender role beliefs can shape desire for parenthood
Lead researchers Nicole Hiekel from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) and Katia Begall from the Radboud Universiteit examined how gender role attitudes influence family planning decisions. The researchers ...
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Apr 3, 2025
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Would you join the resistance if stuck in an authoritarian regime? Here's the psychology behind such a move
Most of us like to believe we would have opposed the rise of Nazism in 1930s Germany. We may even like to imagine that we would have bravely fought for the resistance to Nazism in the 1940s. But would we? Our ability to take ...
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Apr 3, 2025
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Fathers' consistent parenting nurtures bonds through teen years
Children who grow up with their fathers under the same roof tend to feel close to them, forming strong relationships that last through challenging teenage years, according to a new study.
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Apr 3, 2025
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'How was school today?' How to help kids open up and say more than 'fine'
One of the first things parents want to ask their children after school is "how was your day?" We simply want to know how they are going and what happened at school.
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Apr 3, 2025
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What 'Adolescence' gets right (and wrong) about the manosphere
In the final episode of Netflix's harrowing miniseries, "Adolescence," the parents of Jamie Miller—the 13-year-old boy accused of killing a girl at his school that precipitates the events of the show—grapple with the ...
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Apr 3, 2025
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White Americans in areas with higher Black poverty more likely to attribute racial disparities to lack of effort: Study
New research in Social Psychological and Personality Science shows that white Americans living in counties with higher Black poverty rates are more likely to believe racial equality of opportunity exists, while attributing ...
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Apr 3, 2025
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