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Call it karma, schadenfreude or any number of other terms, but nearly everyone has taken joy at someone else’s misfortune, especially if the victim had snubbed others.This post was originally published on this site

If you’ve always wanted to learn a new language, don’t let age put you off. People aged over 60 can be independent and flexible in how they learn a language—and successful, too.This post was originally […]

If you asked a multilingual friend which language they find more emotional, the answer would usually be their mother tongue—the one they used while growing up and probably still use at home. This does not […]

While it is known that auditory characteristics like loudness and tempo are associated with the physical movements of musicians, more subtle features, like timbre (also known as the “tone color” or tonal quality), are not […]

When it comes to deciding how significant a statistic is, Université de Montréal education professor Sébastien Béland is clear: “Our goal is to change practices in order to improve quality in the social sciences and […]

Taylor Swift is one of the biggest pop singers in history, influencing millions of fans with her music. Thanks to years of recorded interviews, she is also influencing how we understand the ways that people […]

For Black boys living in the poorest neighborhoods, positive school experiences showed no significant effect on depressive symptoms, according to a Rutgers study.This post was originally published on this site

Finnish people who lived abroad as children grow into an exceptionally skilled and globally oriented workforce as adults, a new doctoral dissertation from the University of Vaasa, Finland, reveals. Mireka Caselius’s study on the long-term […]

In a potentially threatening situation, the world looks more dangerous when caring for a baby, finds first-of-its-kind Cornell psychology research using virtual environments to explore parenting dynamics.This post was originally published on this site

In times of violent conflict, how do you get your news: television broadcasts and newspapers, or social media? The answer, according to new research from Binghamton University Political Science Professor Seden Akcinaroglu, may depend on […]