Changing the ‘psychological distance’ someone feels toward an issue can shift their attitudes in ways that might help people on opposite sides of an issue see more eye to eye.
With so much advice available, how are we still getting scammed? It’s because cybercriminals use sophisticated psychological techniques to trick us and wear us down.
Lots of people will do a lot to avoid feeling negative emotions. But researchers are figuring out how these unpleasant feelings actually have benefits.
Greater body appreciation is also closely tied to other aspects of wellbeing, such as fewer symptoms of depression.
Witness for the Prosecution was a 1957 film about a supposedly conscientious woman testifying against her husband.
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Many people with eating disorders die from suicide. Improving perception of internal body states, or interoception, can help everyone better care for their own bodies.
Denmark’s King Frederik X wipes away a tear as he waves to a crowd of 300,000 people.
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Even in a moment of extreme partisanship, ‘we’ still exist if ‘we’ can witness something together. Researchers are exploring how shared attention can build connection.