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A new study published in PLOS ONE provides evidence that a person’s political ideology and their capacity for analytical ...

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This valuable study links psychological theories of chunking with a physiological implementation based on short-term synaptic plasticity and synaptic augmentation. The theoretical derivation for ...

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We think we need greater self-control to be happier. But a new study suggests the arrow of causation points the other way.

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