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What Does Modern Prejudice Look Like?

Harvard psychologist Mahzarin Banaji was once approached by a reporter for an interview.

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Shhh, The Kids Can Hear You Arguing (Even When They're Asleep)

For years now, psychologists have been telling couples who yell at one another to stop for the sake of the kids.

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Girls May Get More 'Teaching Time' From Parents Than Boys Do

For some years now, teachers and parents have noted something about boys and girls.

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What Does 'Sexual Coercion' Say About A Society?

Anthropologists, sociologists and biologists have explored over several decades many factors that shape the likelihood of sexual coercion of women by men.Such research cannot, of course, definitively...

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Bans Of Same-Sex Marriage Can Take A Psychological Toll

As the country awaits two important Supreme Court decisions involving state laws on same-sex marriage, a small but consistent body of research suggests that laws that ban gay marriage — or approve it —...

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Why Aren't More Girls Attracted To Physics?

You don't need to be a social scientist to know there is a gender diversity problem in technology. The tech industry in Silicon Valley and across the nation is overwhelmingly male-dominated.That isn't...

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How To Win That Music Competition? Send A Video

Chia-Jung Tsay was something of a piano prodigy. By age 12, she was performing Mendelssohn in concert. At 16, she made her debut at Carnegie Hall. Soon, she was on her way to some of the best music...

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Money May Be Motivating Doctors To Do More C-Sections

Obstetricians perform more cesarean sections when there are financial incentives to do so, according to a new study that explores links between economic incentives and medical decision-making during...

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It's OK To Protest In China, Just Don't March

Thousands of messages posted on the Internet every day in China get censored. Until now, little has been known about how the Chinese censorship machine works — except that it is comprehensive."It...

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Diet Of Defeat: Why Football Fans Mourn With High-Fat Food

Backing a losing NFL team isn't just bad for your pride.It's bad for your waistline.A study that links sports outcomes with the eating behavior of fans finds that backers of NFL teams eat more food and...

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Smart Teenage Brains May Get Some Extra Learning Time

John Hewitt is a neuroscientist who studies the biology of intelligence. He's also a parent. Over the years, Hewitt has periodically drawn upon his scientific knowledge in making parenting...

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Why We Care More About Losses Than Gains

People care more about losing a dollar than gaining a dollar. This ideal, known as loss aversion, has national consequences, too, according to new research. David Greene discusses the phenomenon with...

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Why Are Kids Who Get Less Candy Happier On Halloween?

What makes trick-or-treaters happy is candy. And more candy is better, right?Well, it turns out that might not actually be the case. A few years ago researchers did a study on Halloween night where...

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Lessons In Leadership: It's Not About You. (It's About Them)

Ronald Heifetz has been a professor of public leadership at Harvard's Kennedy School for three decades, teaching classes that have included aspiring business leaders and budding heads of state. Each...

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Cash Or Credit? How Kids Pay For School Lunch Matters For Health

American kids have a problem with obesity, according to the most recent studies.

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Minority Aspirants To Federal Bench Are Hindered By Underrating

Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And I'm Audie Cornish. When a president taps someone to become a federal judge, the...

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Military Conflict Decisions: Why Weakness Leads To Aggression

Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: From Syria to Afghanistan, to Russia and Ukraine, the United States finds itself confronting some major foreign policy challenges. There are old rivalries and new one...

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Does Diversity On Research Team Improve Quality Of Science?

As science becomes more diverse, scientific collaborators are growing more diverse, too. New research exploring the effect of this change suggests the diversity of the teams that produce scientific...

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Why Reporting On Scientific Research May Warp Findings

Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Next we're going to report on scientific research, in particular on the way that reporting on scientific research might actually warp the findings. Scientists face...

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Mating Rituals: Why Certain Risky Behaviors Can Make You Look Hot

Social science research suggests risky behavior such as braving heights or swimming in deep waters increases your sex appeal. Driving without a seat belt? Not so much.

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