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We are constituted so that simple acts of kindness, such as giving to charity or expressing gratitude, have a positive effect on our long-term moods.... →
The irrationality of disgust suggests it is unreliable as a source of moral insight. There may be good arguments against gay marriage, partial-birth... →
Empty heads, cognitive science has taught us, learn nothing. The powerful cultural and personal flexibility of our species is owed at least in part... →
Empathy has some unfortunate features - it is parochial, narrow-minded, and innumerate. We're often at our best when we're smart enough not... →
Maybe one of the most heartening findings from the psychology of pleasure is there's more to looking good than your physical appearance. If you... →
Most of us know nothing about constitutional law, so it's hardly surprising that we take sides in the Obamacare debate the way we root for the... →
Periods of cooperation between political parties shouldn't be taken for granted; they are a stunning human achievement.
Humans are born with a hard-wired morality: a sense of good and evil is bred in the bone. I know this claim might sound outlandish, but it's... →
Natural selection shaped the human brain to be drawn toward aspects of nature that enhance our survival and reproduction, like verdant landscapes and... →
On many issues, empathy can pull us in the wrong direction. The outrage that comes from adopting the perspective of a victim can drive an appetite... →
Once we accept violence as an adaptation, it makes sense that its expression is calibrated to the environment. The same individual will behave... →
Perhaps looking out through big baby eyes - if we could - would not be as revelatory experience as many imagine. We might see a world inhabited by... →
Relying on the face might be human nature - even babies prefer to look at attractive people. But, of course, judging someone based on the geometry of... →
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