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Smarter Together: The First Dispatch
Issue 173: Early Glimpses into Our Next Book
Jul 15 • Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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Debunking Popular Psychology Myths: The Bystander Effect
Issue 134: Our first column in a series debunking the biggest myths in the history of social psychology
Sep 5, 2024 • Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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Why are we suckers for Astrology, the Myers-Briggs, and other shaky psychology tests?
Issue 119: Our hot take on phony personality tests and zodiacs
May 21, 2024 • Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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How to talk about climate change and the problem with doomerism
Issue 107: We conducted one of the largest experiments ever on climate change behavior — with advice from MythBusters' Jamie Hyneman
Feb 27, 2024 • Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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Cultures of Self-Silencing: An interview with Jenara Nerenberg
Issue 180: On self-silencing and the discomfort of disagreement (plus a book giveaway!)
Sep 23 • Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel and Jenara Nerenberg
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Promoting social connectedness at music festivals
Issue 169: How psychedelics facilitate positive emotions and prosociality at music festivals
Jun 4 • Yvonne Phan
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Why dance classes are good for your mental health
Issue 166: Four key social psychological elements of healthy groups, as told through lived experiences in my Zumba class
May 6 • Yvonne Phan
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Four Things Successful Teams Do Differently
Issue 161: We put our own research team to the test–see how we performed!
Apr 3 • Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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Why is it so hard to disagree?
Issue 159: How to have conversations across divides: Lessons from a psychologist, a neuroscientist, and a political scientist.
Mar 11 • Jay Van Bavel
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A National Prefrontal Lobotomy: The Costs of Cutting the Social Sciences
Issue 158: The long-term impacts of funding cuts threaten "social science for a safer world"
Mar 4 • Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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Is it possible to overcome climate polarization?
Issue #154: The biggest lessons from climate change studies in psychology
Jan 31 • Dominic Packer & Jay Van Bavel
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Provoked with Dr. Todd Kashdan
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