There’s no need for parents to bust the Santa myth. Children figure out the truth themselves, at a developmentally appropriate time. In the process, they build their reasoning skills.
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Psychology researchers bring infants into the lab to learn more about how shared book reading influences brain and behavioral development.
Parents should ask their teens to show them how they use social media and how it works so they can have conversations about what the risks are and how to reduce them.
Residents may be right to fear for their lives.
Retailers are banking on some of our behavioural and emotional traits to get us to sign up to subscription boxes.
Don’t want to become a social network addict? Start by working out what your vulnerabilities are.
Some people believe different drinks make them feel differently. But the effect alcohol has on your mood depends on factors like where you are drinking it and how you’re feeling at the time.
Talking to a friend about a problem can make matters worse, especially for women.
Social media is making it easier than ever to measure your perceived popularity against your peers in ways that damage are well-being.
Donors who support charitable causes have a ‘taste’ for giving, researchers found.
Despite evidence to the contrary, we still view technological change today as being more rapid and dramatic in its consequences than ever before.
With the retail industry struggling, the need to lure people into spending has never been greater.
Pavlov’s drooling dogs hold the key to understanding many of our most important emotional experiences – as well as the overt actions we take to adapt to a world fraught with daunting challenges.
They engage with your senses and subconscious.
Beauty makes us give generously.
Remember that story about the molecule found in turkey that makes you drowsy? Research shows it’s a myth – tryptophan doesn’t cause you to nod off, but it may be connected to cooperation.
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Pain is something everyone experiences. This episode of The Anthill podcast explores how and why it works in our brains, what kinds of drugs are being developed to reduce pain, and whether or not robots of the future should be built so that they experience pain.
Five tricks that might help you get what you want from others.
There are three psychological treatments we know work, that aren’t funded by medicare.
Hollywood pushes a fantasy version of what neuroscience can do in the courtroom. But the field does have real benefits to offer, right now: solid evidence on what would improve prisons.
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