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The Gendered Situation of Smiling
Posted on February 27, 2013
By Soledad de Lemus, Russell Spears, & Miguel Moya wrote a terrific post on SPSP Blog about the mystery and meaning of the smile. Here are some excerpts: We smile when we feel happy, but smiles are more than just the outward display of an inner emotion. We are far more likely to smile when […]
Posted in Embodied Cognition, Emotions, Evolutionary Psychology, Life | Leave a Comment »
The Gendered Situation of Decision-Making Under Stress
Posted on June 6, 2011
From Science Daily: Stress causes men and women to respond differently to risky decision making, with men charging ahead for small rewards and women taking their time, according to a new study in Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, published by Oxford University Press. Under stress, men and women also have different brain activation patterns during […]
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Examining the Gendered Situation of Harvard Business School
Posted on May 5, 2010
Julia Brau, Paayal Desai, Alexandra Germain, Akmaral Omarova, Jung Paik, and Julie Sandler are all students at Harvard Business School (HBS) who last week published a thoughtful article in their student newspaper The Harbus. With potential lessons and relevance for many institutions, the piece discusses recent efforts to understand and address sources of gender discrepancies […]
Posted in Education, Implicit Associations, Situationist Contributors | Leave a Comment »
Journal of Personality & Social Psychology – Articles of Interest
Posted on February 27, 2008
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology * * * Volume 94, Issue 2 * * * Sex differences in mate preferences revisited: Do people know what they initially desire in a romantic partner? In paradigms in which participants state their ideal romantic-partner preferences or examine vignettes and photographs, men value physical attractiveness more than women […]
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Talk about Gender Myths . . .
Posted on October 14, 2007
Some people talk about talking, and some people get out there and just do it. And then there is that very select few who actually study talking. Matthias Mehl, a psychologist at the University of Arizona, and two of his collaborators are examples of that last group, and they have a fascinating new article in […]
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Deep Capture Conference! – Tomorrow (Saturday)
Posted on April 12, 2013
On April 13, 2013 the Project on Law and Mind Sciences and the National Lawyers Guild are co-hosting a conference titled “Deep Capture: Psychology, Public Relations, Democracy, and Law” at Harvard Law School. Details here. Here is the information about our speakers: Noam Chomsky is the Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy […]
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Thanksgiving as “System Justification”
Posted on November 21, 2012
This post was first published on November 21, 2007. Thanksgiving has many associations — struggling Pilgrims, crowded airports, autumn leaves, heaping plates, drunken uncles, blowout sales, and so on. At its best, though, Thanksgiving is associated with, well, thanks giving. The holiday provides a moment when many otherwise harried individuals leading hectic lives decelerate just […]
Posted in History, Ideology, System Legitimacy | 1 Comment »
