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TopicPsychology

Topic: Psychology

Frickin’ darn it! What swear words and their ‘clean’ substitutes share across languages

+TFP Sandhya Ramesh -
A paper published this week in Psychonomic Bulletin and Review highlights common patterns in profanities across the world, whether they're in Hindi or Hebrew.

Not everyone gets happier as retirement comes. Many just bottom out with age

David Bartram -
The so-called U-shaped curve of happiness is reassuring but, unfortunately, probably not true.

False beliefs are hard to challenge. They come from social networks, not facts

Lara Millman -
In a 'hyperspecialised' world, all reliable information is produced from interconnected fields. But wrong beliefs don't take that into account.

How I learned to stop feeling bad about my failure and accepted my new ‘psychologist’ self

Nikita Vatsa -
Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Freud to Carl Rogers—psychologists have always focused on the past. But they might be wrong

Jolanta Burke -
An increasing body of research suggests that focusing on the future may protect us from depression and help us cope with stress more effectively.

Don’t worry if you can’t choose. Decisive people don’t make better decisions, UK study says

Wojciech Zajkowski -
Decisive people may be more confident but they are no better at making decisions than the rest of us. The key difference is in 'action' and 'emotion'.

Putin and the psychology behind his destructive leadership

Magnus Linden -
Some say Putin’s thinking is entirely rational, while others say the moves are desperate, wild & overreaching – evidence of deep, psychological flaws.

Gandhi’s encounter with a young Romila Thapar in Pune that inspired her activism

Saket Suman -
In 'The Psychology of a Patriot', journalist Saket Suman delivers an account of modern India, tracing the evolution and contestation of patriotism.

There are two types of narcissists. But both are selfish

Nikhila Mahadevan -
We studied 676 adults to recognise narcissists.

Why Lucknow Police wanting to use AI to ‘read’ distressed expressions of women won’t work

Sandhya Ramesh -
The scientific basis behind the idea — to use AI to read human expressions & behaviours — is unsound and has proven to have wide margins of error that can do more harm than help.
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Opinion

Dharali floods a wake-up call for IMD, NDMA to buck up—the Himalayan region is vulnerable

Akanksha Mishra -
If extremely heavy rainfall can cause such damage without a rare event like a cloudburst, it should leave the system working toward India’s disaster preparedness thinking.

Buying Russian oil, misreading Trump—3 points will define India’s next energy strategy

In Mohammed Siraj, the Pasmanda Muslims have a hero

Economy

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

Neelam Pandey -
New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Defence

Shadow war over India’s defence procurement on social media raises concerns of dodgy & undue influence

Snehesh Alex Philip -
One such website has drawn particular scrutiny for spreading fake stories that have upset not only the Indian but also foreign defence firms by falsely attributing misinformation.

National Interest

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

Shekhar Gupta -
To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.

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