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🧨 Why Mental Exhaustion Makes You Antisocial
New research reveals how mental fatigue impacts brain function and escalates impulsive aggression
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
🍎 How Permissible Actions Become Forbidden Fruit
The science of norm evolution and moral order across generations
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
🧠[Brainwave] Does Gratitude Really Make You Happier?
A new meta-analysis on how gratitude interventions impact well-being
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
🔥 How Cognitive Distortions Are Fueling Political Polarization
New research shows that distorted and over-simplified thinking is rising in political discourse
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
🧠[Brainwave] How Human Psychology Interferes With Compassion Toward Animals
Fear, compassion, and the emotional biases that shape wildlife conservation
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
🪞 How Your Metacognitive Habits Fuel Emotional Harms
New research suggests the way you think about your thoughts may transform your emotional experiences and quality of life
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
🧠[Brainwave] The Key to Social Influence
Why understanding group dynamics helps you climb the social ladder
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
🏜️ How We Learn to Bury Our Heads in the Sand
New research uncovers the early origins of strategic information avoidance
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🧠[Brainwave] Why People Judge Harmless Pleasures as Sinful
The two variables that explain moralizing instincts around benign bodily pleasures
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
💡 How Exposure to Good Arguments Changes Your Beliefs
New research reveals that self-persuasion doesn’t require self-deception
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
🏟️ How Shared Rituals Strengthen Social Bonds
New research on soccer fans shows how social rituals trigger extensive emotional synchrony
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
🧠[Brainwave] How Human Culture Spread 100,000 Years Ago
What new archaeological evidence says about the intermingling of archaic humans
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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