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The suit helped form the basis of an urgent written appeal from the American Psychological Association to the Federal Trade ...

Mapping explorers of Wikipedia rabbit holes revealed three different styles of human inquisitiveness: the “busybody,” the ...

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Recurring dreams may feature taking a test the dreamer didn’t study for, having to make a speech or being attacked. Here’s ...

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In reaction to—or protest over—the impending U.S. TikTok ban, which will take effect on Sunday if the app is not sold or if ...

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms worsen right before and during a period, a new study finds, and this could ...

Scientific American talked to Brady about why we experience ... Yeah, 100 percent, and this is very well studied in social psychology. I think the key thing to understand is that we flexibly ...