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• Are They Really Listening? Watch Their Blinks

  23-12-2025 16:52 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top SocietyYour eyes may reveal when your brain is working overtime. Researchers found that people blink less when trying to understand speech in noisy environments, especially during the most important moments. The effect stayed the same in bright or dark rooms, suggesting that it's driven by mental effort, not light. A drop in blinking, it turns out, is a facial marker of focused listening. The findings were published in the journal Trends in Hearing.
  
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• Trans NSA Employee Sues Trump Administration Over Executive Order

  23-12-2025 16:51 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourA transgender employee of the U.S. National Security Agency is suing the Trump administration to block a presidential executive order that the employee says violate federal civil rights law. Sarah O'Neill, an NSA data scientist, disputes the legality of President Trump's January order requiring the federal government to recognize only two "immutable" sexes: male and female. Her lawsuit, filed Monday, says the order denies "Ms. O'Neill's very...
  
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• Belgium Joins South Africa’s Genocide Case Against Israel at IJC

  23-12-2025 16:51 via socialpsychology.org
  Source:Al JazeeraBelgium has formally joined the case launched by South Africa at the International Court of Justice, alleging that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. On Tuesday, the ICJ—the highest court of the United Nations—said Belgium had filed a declaration of intervention in the case. Other countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, and Turkey, have already joined the proceedings, which South Africa initiated in December of 2023.
  
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• Not All Psychopathic Traits Are Equal When It Comes to Sexual Aggression

  22-12-2025 17:56 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PsyPostA new study provides a comprehensive look at the link between psychopathy and sexual aggression. By aggregating data from over 100 separate samples, the researchers found that psychopathy is generally associated with sexually aggressive behavior, but the connection varies depending on the type of aggression and personality traits involved. These findings help clarify which aspects of the psychopathic personality are most dangerous regarding...
  
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• AI Chatbots Can Influence Some Voters to Change Their Mind

  22-12-2025 17:56 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - Canadian NewsTalking with an AI chatbot can convince people to change their votes and could affect the outcome of future elections, according to a new study. The study, which included 1,530 Canadians, also found that the chatbots had more success convincing Canadians to switch their votes than it did with Americans. Generative AI is "more persuasive than traditional forms of political persuasion," said Cornell professor Gordon Pennycook, one of the study's
  
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• How Systemic Failures Turn U.S. State Mental Hospitals Into Prisons

  22-12-2025 17:55 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: NPRTyeesha Ferguson fears her 28-year-old son will kill or be killed. "That's what I'm trying to avoid," said Ferguson, who still calls him her baby. She remembers a boy who dressed himself in three-piece suits, donated his allowance, and graduated high school at 16 with an academic scholarship and plans to join the military or start a business. Instead, Ferguson watched as her once bright-eyed, handsome son sank into disheveled psychosis.
  
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• Global Warming Could Trigger the Next Ice Age

  22-12-2025 17:55 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top NewsScientists have uncovered a gap in Earth's carbon cycle that could cause global warming to overshoot into an ice age. As the planet warms, nutrient-rich runoff could fuel plankton growth that buries huge amounts of carbon in the ocean. In low-oxygen conditions, this process can spiral out of control, cooling Earth far beyond its original state. While this cooling won't save us from modern climate change, it may explain Earth's most extreme...
  
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• Insurer Agrees to Cover IVF Treatments for Same-Sex Couples

  22-12-2025 09:23 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: CBS News - U.S. NewsLike many young girls, Mara Berton and June Higginbotham both knew from an early age they wanted families and to become mothers. But as lesbians, they were excluded from receiving the same fertility treatment insurance benefits offered to heterosexual peers. Instead, like many other same-sex couples, they had to pay $45,000 out of pocket while heterosexual colleagues with the same insurance plan had many of those costs covered. Now, that's about...
  
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• Confusing Questionnaires Lead to Misleading Responses From Patients

  22-12-2025 09:22 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: United Press International - Health NewsEver felt your eyes glazing over as you fill out the questionnaire you've been given by a doctor's receptionist, trying to make sense of it before your appointment? You're not alone, a new study finds. Confusion over symptom questionnaires is common and likely hampers efforts to diagnose and treat physical and mental illnesses, JAMA Psychiatry reported Wednesday. The study focused on the Patient Health Questionnaire, widely used mental health...
  
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• Study Finds Sex Differences in Psychological Well-Being

  21-12-2025 10:29 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PsyPostA new analysis of global data reveals that while men score higher on a majority of specific well-being metrics, women tend to report higher overall life satisfaction. These findings, based on nearly 400,000 people across 142 countries, suggest that females often fare better on social relationship indicators, which appear to carry significant weight in subjective assessments of a good life. The results were published in The Journal of Positive...
  
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• Can Santa Claus Survive in a Melting World?

  21-12-2025 10:29 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: DW- top storiesThe link between snow and Christmas has spread around the world, helped by colonialism and capitalism. Even in places like New Zealand, where the holiday falls in the summer and is often celebrated with barbecues on the beach, homes are festooned with fake Christmas trees, inflatable plastic snowmen, and reindeer. As climate change warms the planet, however, and snowy winters become less common in Europe and elsewhere, Santa is facing new...
  
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• AI May Upend Online Studies Critical to Behavioral Science

  21-12-2025 10:29 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: ScienceThe development of artificial intelligence may spell the end of a tool social scientists have come to rely on: online studies. Researchers who use surveys, games, and other online methods to gather data from large numbers of people have spent years refining methods to weed out unwanted responses, but recent studies have shown that AI agents can evade detection by intentionally making errors, feigning ignorance, and using humanlike mouse...
  
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• Outrage at Single Acts of Racism May Lower Support for Systemic Change

  21-12-2025 10:28 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PsyPostRecent research suggests that for some White Americans, expressing anger at individual acts of racism may decrease their motivation to support broader systemic change. The study indicates that voicing outrage at a specific bigot may alleviate feelings of guilt associated with racial privilege, thereby reducing the drive to take further reparative action. These findings were published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
  
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• Trump Administration Seeks to Ban Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

  21-12-2025 10:27 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday unveiled a series of actions designed to block access to gender-affirming care for minors. The proposals—the most sweeping moves the Trump administration has taken so far to restrict the use of hormone therapy and surgical interventions to help transgender children—include cutting off federal Medicaid and Medicare funding from hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to children.
  
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• In Maps and Charts: How Climate Change Imperils Global Food Supply

  21-12-2025 10:27 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: The Guardian - Climate CrisisExperts have warned that the world's ability to feed itself is under threat from extreme weather caused by climate change. Although crop yields have increased enormously over the past few decades, crop yield rates are flattening, prompting warnings of efficiency hitting its limits. Even worse, more than 600 million people worldwide are projected to face food insecurity by 2030. For a global view of the problem, see these maps and charts.
  
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• Helping Others for a Few Hours a Week May Slow Brain Aging

  21-12-2025 10:06 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top HealthSpending a few hours a week helping others may slow the aging of the brain, according to a study that followed more than 30,000 U.S. adults for two decades. Researchers found that cognitive decline was reduced by both formal volunteering and informal acts, such as helping neighbors or relatives. The benefits were cumulative over time with sustained engagement, and were significant even after controlling for wealth, physical and mental health,...
  
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• Are Psychological Scientists Overvaluing Significance? 

  21-12-2025 10:06 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Association for Psychological SciencePublish or perish. This phrase is often cited by scientists as their motivation to submit a steady flow of papers to academic journals. But how valuable is research if the findings are not significant? And what effect will those papers have on the reputation of their authors? Even though studies with nonsignificant findings are often welcomed by journal editors, scientists are often hesitant to submit them, which can lead to serious publication...
  
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• Trump Administration to Dismantle Key Climate Research Center

  18-12-2025 16:09 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: PBS News HourThe Trump administration is breaking up a research center praised as a "crown jewel" of climate research after accusing it of spreading "alarmism" about climate change. Russell Vought, Director of the Office of Management and Budget, described the National Center for Atmospheric Research as "one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country" in a social media post, consistent with President Trump's references to climate change as a...
  
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• Iran Curbs Women's Rights by Changing Dowry Law

  18-12-2025 16:08 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: DW- top storiesIn Iran, a groom or his family usually pays a dowry, or "Mehrieh," to his wife, often in gold coins—a sum that can be claimed by the wife at any time during a marriage or when getting divorced. Now, however, the Iranian parliament has lowered the amount a man must pay his wife in the event of divorce to avoid imprisonment—from 110 gold coins to just 14. The dowry had been the only legal tool to provide a modicum of security to divorced women...
  
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• Psychologists Are Increasingly Using—and Worrying About—AI Tools

  17-12-2025 17:00 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: NPRAn estimated 56% of active psychotherapists are using artificial intelligence tools in their practices, according to a recent survey by the American Psychological Association. That's significantly higher than the 29% who said the same last year. And nearly a third of respondents said they use these tools on a monthly basis—up by more than two-fold since last year. At the same time, 60% of respondents expressed concern about potential harms of...
  
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• The psychology of colour and why it matters at home - Emirates Woman

  17-12-2025 07:58
  The psychology of colour and why it matters at home  Emirates Woman
  
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• Sibar Auto Parts Limited Nearing Breakout Level After Bounce - Trading Psychology Tips & Free High Velocity Capital Growth - Bollywood Helpline

  17-12-2025 07:53
  Sibar Auto Parts Limited Nearing Breakout Level After Bounce - Trading Psychology Tips & Free High Velocity Capital Growth  Bollywood Helpline
  
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• Momentum Traders Eye Hi for Quick Bounce - Trading Psychology Tips & Free High Velocity Capital Growth - Bollywood Helpline

  17-12-2025 06:56
  Momentum Traders Eye Hi for Quick Bounce - Trading Psychology Tips & Free High Velocity Capital Growth  Bollywood Helpline
  
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• Leasing Limited - Economic Data Impact & Free Trading Psychology Sessions - Bollywood Helpline

  17-12-2025 06:05
  Leasing Limited - Economic Data Impact & Free Trading Psychology Sessions  Bollywood Helpline
  
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• Price Channel Expanding on BSL Limited’s Chart - Trading Psychology Tips & High Return Stock Picks - Bollywood Helpline

  17-12-2025 05:40
  Price Channel Expanding on BSL Limited’s Chart - Trading Psychology Tips & High Return Stock Picks  Bollywood Helpline
  
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• Sentiment Turns Positive on Ahasolar Technologies Limited — Reversal Ahead - Trading Psychology Tips & Create Your Free Watchlist Instantly - Bollywood Helpline

  17-12-2025 04:29
  Sentiment Turns Positive on Ahasolar Technologies Limited — Reversal Ahead - Trading Psychology Tips & Create Your Free Watchlist Instantly  Bollywood Helpline
  
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• Sector Leaders Rotate Capital Into Capital Trust Limited - Trading Psychology Tips & Weekly Consultation With Financial Pros - Bollywood Helpline

  17-12-2025 03:48
  Sector Leaders Rotate Capital Into Capital Trust Limited - Trading Psychology Tips & Weekly Consultation With Financial Pros  Bollywood Helpline
  
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• 🧠 No Indicators Needed – Pure price action and market reading. - Trading Psychology Tips & Unlock Free Weekly Portfolio Checkups - Bollywood Helpline

  17-12-2025 03:14
  🧠 No Indicators Needed – Pure price action and market reading. - Trading Psychology Tips & Unlock Free Weekly Portfolio Checkups  Bollywood Helpline
  
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• RSI Divergence May Trigger a Bounce in Jubilant Pharmova Limited - Trading Psychology Tips & Free Stock Price Trend Analysis - Bollywood Helpline

  17-12-2025 02:35
  RSI Divergence May Trigger a Bounce in Jubilant Pharmova Limited - Trading Psychology Tips & Free Stock Price Trend Analysis  Bollywood Helpline
  
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• If you feel relieved when plans get cancelled, psychology says you have these 8 rare personality traits - VegOut

  17-12-2025 01:34
  If you feel relieved when plans get cancelled, psychology says you have these 8 rare personality traits  VegOut
  
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• The DXY declined slightly indirectly aiding BTC’s upward momentum. - Trading Psychology Tips & Breakthrough Investment Results - Bollywood Helpline

  17-12-2025 01:24
  The DXY declined slightly indirectly aiding BTC’s upward momentum. - Trading Psychology Tips & Breakthrough Investment Results  Bollywood Helpline
  
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• Clarity, healthy boundaries, and intentionality lead to stress-free dating. - Psychology Today

  17-12-2025 01:23
  Clarity, healthy boundaries, and intentionality lead to stress-free dating.  Psychology Today
  
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• OSU clinical psychology doctoral students now seeing their first on-campus clients - OSU Today

  17-12-2025 00:55
  OSU clinical psychology doctoral students now seeing their first on-campus clients  OSU Today
  
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• Can You Spot Dating Red Flags? Take the Test - Psychology Today

  17-12-2025 00:38
  Can You Spot Dating Red Flags? Take the Test  Psychology Today
  
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• Cognitive erosion with AI assistants is happening. What capacities will we lose? - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 23:56
  Cognitive erosion with AI assistants is happening. What capacities will we lose?  Psychology Today
  
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• Are you sure you can tell who among you is a psychopath? - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 22:56
  Are you sure you can tell who among you is a psychopath?  Psychology Today
  
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• An ACT-informed approach can help you take steps toward a meaningful life. - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 21:55
  An ACT-informed approach can help you take steps toward a meaningful life.  Psychology Today
  
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• Why therapists are struggling to respond to synthetic intimacy. - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 21:24
  Why therapists are struggling to respond to synthetic intimacy.  Psychology Today
  
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• Personal Perspective: LLMs cannot manage complex mental health issues. - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 20:45
  Personal Perspective: LLMs cannot manage complex mental health issues.  Psychology Today
  
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• A psychologist’s take on stress, family dynamics, and surviving the holidays. - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 20:35
  A psychologist’s take on stress, family dynamics, and surviving the holidays.  Psychology Today
  
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• Giving great gifts, even if the holidays have you (and your wallet) cringing. - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 20:02
  Giving great gifts, even if the holidays have you (and your wallet) cringing.  Psychology Today
  
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• Personal Perspective: Noticing and preserving the goodness right in front of us. - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 19:50
  Personal Perspective: Noticing and preserving the goodness right in front of us.  Psychology Today
  
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• Ukraine’s War Museum records history while offering psychological care. - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 19:23
  Ukraine’s War Museum records history while offering psychological care.  Psychology Today
  
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• Domestic violence directed at parents is under-recognized. - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 18:31
  Domestic violence directed at parents is under-recognized.  Psychology Today
  
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• Why human judgment still matters, even when AI thinks better than we do. - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 18:23
  Why human judgment still matters, even when AI thinks better than we do.  Psychology Today
  
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• Why relationship readiness starts with the self—a Hallmark case study. - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 18:15
  Why relationship readiness starts with the self—a Hallmark case study.  Psychology Today
  
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• Psychology student unearths his purpose at UWA - University of West Alabama

  16-12-2025 17:30
  Psychology student unearths his purpose at UWA  University of West Alabama
  
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• Four ways Psychology matters in 2026 - British Psychological Society

  16-12-2025 17:28
  Four ways Psychology matters in 2026  British Psychological Society
  
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• Sibling caretaking can be beneficial if parents are aware of the risks. - Psychology Today

  16-12-2025 17:04
  Sibling caretaking can be beneficial if parents are aware of the risks.  Psychology Today
  
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• Psychology says preferring minimalist spaces over clutter reveals these 9 cognitive qualities - Silicon Canals

  16-12-2025 17:00
  Psychology says preferring minimalist spaces over clutter reveals these 9 cognitive qualities  Silicon Canals
  
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