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fromPsychology Today
3 days ago

Gaslighters Target Our Brains' Dependence on Others

Human brains rely on social relationships to construct reality, creating vulnerability to individual and group-level gaslighting that undermines self-trust and agency.
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Pets
fromMail Online
1 week ago

Is YOUR dog a genius? 5 simple tests that prove your pooch is gifted

Five simple tests assess dogs' problem-solving and social intelligence, highlighting breed differences while warning that viral social-media tests can be misleading.
Books
fromHarvard Gazette
2 weeks ago

Why is your head not exploding? Steven Pinker can explain. - Harvard Gazette

Common knowledge is the mutual, iterated awareness that enables coordination, social bonds, humor, language, and collective behavior.
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

What Do Social Skills Have to Do With Fictional Characters?

By and large, reading is a solitary activity. True, on a nightly basis, plenty of folks tuck little ones in with enchanting bedtime stories. (Apparently, my favorite as a toddler was called "The White Cat," an old yarn involving-of course-a cat, one whose head had to be lopped off by his ladylove before he could turn into a human prince, but let's drop that and move on.)
Books
fromFast Company
1 month ago

How tribal instincts drive change

When Everett Rogers introduced the S-shaped diffusion curve in the first edition of his book, he was directly following the data. Researchers like Elihu Katz had already begun studying how change spreads and noticed a consistent pattern in the adoption of hybrid corn and the antibiotic tetracycline. Yet it was Rogers who shaped our understanding of how ideas spread. Publishing more than 30 books and 500 articles, he studied everything from technology adoption to family planning in remote societies.
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