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Egalitarianism among hunter-gatherers? What a food-sharing experiment reveals about self-interest

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Hunter-gatherers like the Hadza of Tanzania are famous for their egalitarianism. A resource redistribution experiment conducted with the Hadza suggests many tolerate inequality—as long as it benefits themselves. Published in PNAS Nexus, Duncan N.E. Stibbard-Hawkes, […]

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Historically Black colleges and universities do more than offer Black youths opportunity

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Historically Black colleges and universities, often known as HBCUs, are well known for their deep roots in U.S. higher education and proven effectiveness at graduating Black students who go on to become professionally successful.This post […]

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The seductive simplicity—and danger—of pop psychology’s ‘love languages’

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Do you know how you prefer to give and receive love? Do you need words of affirmation? Spending quality time? Acts of service? Gifts? Or physical touch?This post was originally published on this site

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Making every identity count: Free tool developed for better handling of identity data in research surveys

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Growing up multiracial in the 1990s, Gabriel “Joey” Merrin regularly encountered demographic forms that forced an impossible choice: Pick one box. Deny the others. “That act of being forced to choose, to erase parts of […]

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Impulse and inhibition: The complex ways bilingual brains balance reason with emotion

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If you’re bilingual, moral choices can often feel more urgent and emotionally charged in one language yet distant and rational in another. This raises an intriguing question: does language merely shape how we express our […]

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Study explores how women in public sector regulate their emotions at work

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Everyone has had a bad day at work when they decided not to express what they were truly feeling. New research from the University of Kansas explores how women in the public service sector regulate […]

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Female scientists wait longer to have papers published in life and biomedical sciences

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If you are a woman working in biomedical and life sciences, you may have longer to wait for your academic paper to appear in print than a comparable paper authored by a man. According to […]

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AI-generated arguments are persuasive—even when labeled

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Labeling content as AI-generated does not make it less persuasive than human-authored or unlabeled content, according to a study. Isabel O. Gallegos and colleagues conducted a survey experiment with 1,601 Americans to test whether authorship […]

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Q&A: Expert discusses the ‘gay voice’ stereotype

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Dr. Fabio Fasoli is an expert in social communication, with a specific focus on LGBTQIA+ and gender minorities. An aspect of his research that has attracted significant attention is the discrimination faced by individuals with […]

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Who owns our digital afterlife? Helping the law keep pace with society

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Alongside traditional estates, we now leave behind digital remains after we die, from social media accounts and emails to AI-generated recreations of ourselves. Our digital legacies are creating new and potentially troubling questions about autonomy […]

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    A recent study has shown that self-esteem plays an important part in determining whether someone wishes to pursue a leadership role. The findings have implications for both organizational success and career development, underscoring, as they [...]
  • Why mid-career is such a dangerous time for burnout and workplace stress

    Everyone recognizes the trope of the stressed-out senior manager who’s always close to breaking point. But, in fact, mid-career is one of the most vulnerable periods for burnout and stress in a worker’s life. At [...]
  • More banks mean higher costs for borrowers

    When banks crowd a lending market, you can forget the traditional relationship of supply and demand, in which increased supply normally leads to lower prices. So finds new research from Cesare Fracassi, associate professor of [...]

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