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Masks and Emasculation: Why Some Men Refuse to Take Safety Precautions
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior
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How a Landmark Physics Paper from the 1970s Uncannily Describes the COVID-19 Pandemic
Phil Anderson’s article “More Is Different” describes how different levels of complexity require new ways of thinking. And as the virus multiplies and spreads, that’s just what the human race desperately needs...
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The Fight against COVID-19 Threatens to Cause Collateral Health Damage
The pandemic is no excuse to abandon chronic disease management and prevention
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Your Brain Will Thank You for Being a Musician
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Choose Growth
As Abraham Maslow wrote, “One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth. Growth must be chosen again and again; fear must be overcome again and again”
COVID-19 Is Likely to Lead to an Increase in Suicides
The psychosocial repercussions of this crisis could make the tragedy even worse
Meditating During the Plague
Is it ethical to seek serenity when the world is suffering?...
Be Yourself—Everyone Else Is Taken
How to find meaning in life through authentic and autonomous living
Unwavering Waves
A prizewinning new variant on an illusory classic
What’s Scarier than the Coronavirus?
Our extreme responses to COVID-19 have revealed an underlying societal vulnerability that is more concerning than the virus itself
The Neuroscience of Free Will: A Q&A with Robyn Repko Waller
We discuss blending philosophy and neuroscience in unraveling the mysteries of free will
When We’re Wrong, It’s Our Responsibility as Scientists to Say So
We tried to reproduce our 2012 paper on how to make people report their income more honestly—and we ended up refuting it
COVID-19’s Psychosocial Impacts
The pandemic is putting enormous stress on all of us but especially on health care workers and other specific groups
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