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If you can’t remember anything before age 3, a new study says your brain deliberately erased it—here’s why

In a groundbreaking study geared towards deciphering the enigma of our forgetfulness about infancy, a team of researchers at Yale University discovered that even though we don’t recall our earliest ...
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Children who were “too sensitive” growing up often end up displaying these 7 behaviors later in life, according to psychology

Noise: Pop psychology frames childhood sensitivity as either a wound to heal or a superpower to celebrate, missing the more ...
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QR codes were declared dead. Now they’re everywhere. What changed?

Today, global QR code scans reached 41.77 million in 2024, with the QR code payment market projected to grow from $14.7 ...
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I finally understood why my most liked posts are the least honest ones

Tension: We crave genuine connection online yet keep posting the curated versions of ourselves that feel hollow ...
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Researchers discover AI language models are getting better at predicting what headlines people click

Tension: We believe we’re immune to manipulation—yet we consistently click on headlines designed to exploit our psychology.
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7 psychological traits of people who trauma-dump on first meetings

Tension: People who share deeply personal trauma with strangers often carry an unacknowledged struggle between desperate hope ...
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If your parents taught you these 8 money rules, you were probably raised lower middle class and didn’t know it

Tension: The money rules our parents taught us felt like universal wisdom—but they were actually survival strategies ...
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If you find yourself doing these 6 things when you’re alone, you’re more introverted than you realize according to psychology

Tension: We perform extroversion in public while quietly craving solitude—then feel guilty about the relief we feel ...
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The art of not explaining yourself: 7 moments when mature people simply stop justifying their choices

Discover why that exhausting need to justify every decision—from your career choices to your parenting style—might be the very thing keeping you from the peace and confidence you're desperately ...
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Why recognition like the DMNews 40 Under 40 matters more than you think

Recognition programs like the Direct Marketing News 40 Under 40 have become fixtures in professional life. Every industry ...
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Boomers who stayed happily married for 40+ years all avoided these 8 relationship mistakes that younger couples make constantly

Tension: We romanticize long-lasting boomer marriages while dismissing the relationship strategies that made them possible as ...
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7 things you should always keep to yourself, according to stoic philosophy

In an age where oversharing has become the norm, the ancient Stoics mastered something we've forgotten: the profound power ...