Recognizing this shared experience could foster greater empathy and reduce dehumanization across the political divide,” study ...

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People rarely notice how their eyes shape their sense of the world, yet new research shows just how powerful this effect can ...

As attention turns to this year's New York City Marathon, observers will again ask a long-standing question: What do athletes ...

Much of what looks like bravery on vacation can be traced to an underlying psychological drive: the motivation to grow. According to “self-expansion theory,” developed by psychologists Arthur and ...

Smiling is commonly seen as a natural response to feeling happy. However, psychology researchers warn that forcing a smile ...

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Lifton described a key psychological mechanism, what he called the “thought-terminating cliché.” It’s the switch that mutes ...

Psychology Prof. Gillian Sandstrom was a lonely graduate student in Toronto when she began what she calls “a tiny, tiny micro ...