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Evolutionary Psychology
Demi Powell
How to deal with stress and burnout
Here’s a modern paradox: People report that they feel significantly happier outdoors than they do indoors, yet we spend less than 5 percent of our waking hours in nature. Such were the findings of a recent study published in the journal Global Environmen…
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Evolutionary Psychology
Kristy Perkins
Scientists Prove That Religion Was Key to Our Evolution
In humans’ mysterious journey to become intelligent, socializing creatures like no other in the animal world, one innovation played an essential role: religion. That’s the theory that a preeminent evolutionary scientist is setting out to prove. “You nee…
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Evolutionary Psychology
Kristy Perkins
Is Humanity Designed For Survival?
Survival is the Basic Instinct of most chemical or biological life forms. It is what makes flowers turn toward the sun. It is what makes birds fly to warmer climates. It is what makes turtles recede into their shells. It is what makes lions roar and rattl…
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Evolutionary Psychology
Kristy Perkins
Here is Why You Would Always Relive High School Memories
For better or worse, many of us never forget high school: the unrequited romantic crushes, chronic embarrassment, desperate struggles for popularity, sexual awakening, parental pressure and, above all else, competition—social, athletic, academic. There’s…
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Evolutionary Psychology
Kristy Perkins
Science Explains Why Brilliant People Long to Be Alone
Psychologists have a pretty good idea of what typically makes a human happy. Dancing delights us. Being in nature brings us joy. And, for most people, frequent contact with good friend s makes us feel content. That is, unless you’re really, really smart.…
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Evolutionary Psychology
Priscilla Cain
Why Smarter People are Happier with Fewer Friends
If you believe the class genius is a loner because he’s an arrogant know-it-all, or because he’s socially awkward, that’s not (necessarily) the case. Instead, it might be because he or she is honestly happier without the incessant inane prattling of mere …
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