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Have you seen the musical The Fantasticks? Not only does it have wonderful music but it also has pearls of...

What can we learn from an old, dusty book I found in the basement? Well, if that book is...

What are psychologists talking about this week? Well, we’re fighting back against the unbelievable claims made by the marketers of...

Do you think you’re using the words “control group” correctly? You’re probably not. In fact, you’re probably also getting these...

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What’s the connection between life on Mars and the need to properly replicate scientific studies? Well, replicating a study one...

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Have you heard that about 100 Psychology studies were replicated and only about 1/3 confirmed the original findings? Why did...

If you have been in therapy you want to believe it “worked”. We all do. And hopefully it did have...

Might you be able to rid yourself of an illness by “turning back the clock”? That is, by immersing yourself...

Do “Most men lead lives of quiet desperation” or are we actually pretty happy most of the time? As it...

You may have heard that Facebook manipulated the content of user’s New Feeds during January of 2012 so that some...