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How Feeling Understood Can Help Us Trust People with Whom We Disagree

In a world of growing political, economic, and ethnic tension, feeling understood by the members of groups to which we don’t belong may be the key to a way forward.

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Good News about Gossip

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Contrary to popular opinion, gossip is usually not malicious and may even have social benefits.

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Are Men Really Funnier Than Women?

A new review of scientific research that compares men’s and women’s ability to produce humor has the answer.

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New study debunks myth that only children are more narcissistic than kids with siblings

The stereotype for only children is that they are selfish, or more self-centered than those with siblings. This stereotype is sometimes used as an argument for having more than one child, but researchers from Germany find there’s no evidence for the claim that only children are more narcissistic than children with sibling. Michael Dufner (University of Leipzig), Mitja D. Back (University of Münster), Franz F. Oehme (University of Leipzig), Stefan C.