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What Kids Need Most Isn’t Parenting – It’s Parents
Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik has done more than just 'think of the children', she wrote a book – and it rules favorably for free play and the end of scholastic parenting.
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Hey Bill Nye! Is a Sense of Humor Exclusive to Human Beings?
Is the animal kingdom oblivious to our jokes or just a really tough crowd? Bill Nye explores the link between intelligence and humor.
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If you focus on the benefits of mindfulness, is it still mindfulness?
Mindfulness mediation has many benefits, but to focus on the benefits is to miss the point of mindfulness.
Want to raise a child genius? A study running for 45 years has suggestions.
Genius kids are caught in the Goldilocks oatmeal paradox – if there's too much heat on extracting their ability they suffer, but keep too cool a distance and they'll be wasted.
Netflix is saving kids’ brains, one non-commercial break at a time
Want five or six extra days every year? Easy – choose streaming over network TV. Adults are sacrificing 130 hours, and kids 150 hours, to ads annually when they watch commercial programming.
The tyranny of positivity: A Harvard psychologist details our unhealthy obsession with happiness
Think happy, be happy? Maybe not. Harvard psychologist Susan David examines the backlash effect of forced positivity in our lives.
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“Parenting” Is the Most Important Job We’ll Ever Do – And Here’s How We’re Failing
The word parenting, as a verb, has only been around since 1958. Developmental psychologist Alison Gopnik examines when caregiving became the art of hovering, and the pitfalls and anxiety of trying to shape children instead of raise them.
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Take this test to find out if you are a thinker
New psychology study finds people of higher intelligence to be much less physical than non-thinkers. You can take the utilized Need for Cognition Test yourself here to see if you're a thinker.
Want Happiness? Buy Experiences, Not Things, Says a Cornell Psychologist
Studies confirm that having experiences makes us happier than material possessions.
How Little Can You Own and Still Be Really Happy?
Around the world, people are embracing minimalism as a lifestyle, focusing less on owning things.
Spanking Children Affects Their Behavior as Adults, Says New Study
A new study finds that spanking is ineffective and leads to a host of psychological and cognitive issues when children grow up.
Zapping Your Brain with Electricity Could Make You More Creative
A new study confirms that zapping your brain with electricity might increase the ability for creative thought.
A simple yet effective way to decide if you’re a psychopath
A variation of the "the trolley problem" and how a psychopath weighs his or her options differently than others.
Nature or Nurture: Men and Women Get Jealous About Different Things
Jealousy, we've all experienced it at one time or another in our relationships. Whether the threat is real or imagined, jealousy has the power to tear relationships apart. But for men and women, it's usually over different things.
Enduring Envy: Jealousy in the 21st Century
“Envy is a really stupid sin because it’s the only one you could never possibly have any fun at.” – Charlie Munger We’re social creatures. We spend an inordinate amount […]
Is this the most bizarre paper ever published in a peer reviewed journal?
A paper titled “Welcome to My Brain” has been published in the journal Qualitative Inquiryby Sage which is so unintelligible that it is baffling beyond belief. Unfortunately, the paper is […]