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🧠[Brainwave] The Surprising Signals in Your Brain That Predict a City's Hotspots
Activity levels in your ventromedial prefrontal cortex predict the most Instagrammable locations around cities—even for cities you've never visited
Jul 31
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🧠[Brainwave] The Surprising Signals in Your Brain That Predict a City's Hotspots
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🧗 Why Effortful Fun Feels More Fulfilling
New research reveals a fascinating connection between effort and meaning when it comes to your free time
Jul 29
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🍎 How Permissible Actions Become Forbidden Fruit
The science of norm evolution and moral order across generations
Jul 22
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🧠[Brainwave] Does Gratitude Really Make You Happier?
A new meta-analysis on how gratitude interventions impact well-being
Jul 17
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🧠[Brainwave] Does Gratitude Really Make You Happier?
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🔥 How Cognitive Distortions Are Fueling Political Polarization
New research shows that distorted and over-simplified thinking is rising in political discourse
Jul 15
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🔥 How Cognitive Distortions Are Fueling Political Polarization
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🧠[Brainwave] How Human Psychology Interferes With Compassion Toward Animals
Fear, compassion, and the emotional biases that shape wildlife conservation
Jul 10
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🧠[Brainwave] How Human Psychology Interferes With Compassion Toward Animals
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🪞 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
Jul 8
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🪞 How Your Metacognitive Habits Fuel Emotional Harms
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🧠[Brainwave] The Key to Social Influence
Why understanding group dynamics helps you climb the social ladder
Jul 3
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🧠[Brainwave] The Key to Social Influence
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🏜️ How We Learn to Bury Our Heads in the Sand
New research uncovers the early origins of strategic information avoidance
Jul 1
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🏜️ How We Learn to Bury Our Heads in the Sand
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🧠[Brainwave] Why People Judge Harmless Pleasures as Sinful
The two variables that explain moralizing instincts around benign bodily pleasures
Jun 26
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🧠[Brainwave] Why People Judge Harmless Pleasures as Sinful
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💡 How Exposure to Good Arguments Changes Your Beliefs
New research reveals that self-persuasion doesn’t require self-deception
Jun 24
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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💡 How Exposure to Good Arguments Changes Your Beliefs
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🏟️ How Shared Rituals Strengthen Social Bonds
New research on soccer fans shows how social rituals trigger extensive emotional synchrony
Jun 17
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Erman Misirlisoy, PhD
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🏟️ How Shared Rituals Strengthen Social Bonds
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