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Listening to Music Impairs Creativity
New research suggests that background music, with or without lyrics, "consistently disrupts creative performance."
How Handwritten Type Can Prompt Healthy Eating
New research finds diners feel more positively about health-food restaurants if the menus use a handwritten typeface.
Microdosing Hallucinogens Has Positive Effects—but Not What You Might Suspect
The first rigorous study of the practice finds it conveys benefits like reducing mental distress, but also increases neuroticism.
White Nationalism Is Driven by a Perceived Loss of Status
New research suggests that nationalism can be a psychological coping response.
‘Fear, Terror, Lost-ness’: How Esmé Weijun Wang Helps Us Understand Schizophrenia
The author, who also suffers from the illness, discusses her new essay collection—a fresh and visceral study of schizophrenia.
Using Terms Like ‘Mother Nature’ Can Get People to Be More Green
Chinese researchers find anthropomorphizing nature as a woman spurs pro-environment behavior.
How Metaphor Can Be a Potent Tool in Fostering Anti-Immigrant Sentiment
For a politician who wants to trigger nativist revulsion, a metaphor can be as effective as an explicit insult.
Considering Your Opponent’s Perspective Isn’t Likely to Change Your View
New research finds that adopting an opponent's perspective on a charged issue can harden our original position.
Women Are Still Penalized for Having More Sexual Partners
New research finds that the sexual double standard persists.