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Dr. Sheli Levy was right with Farrow | Photo: Danny Machlis, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Researchers from Ben-Gurion University found that touching a furry robot reduces pain and increases the feeling of happiness

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How the brain's psychological biases prevent us from acting on climate change

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boys and girls. Illustration: shutterstock

A new study sheds light on the causes of early sexual development among children

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Humans do not know how to distinguish between screams of joy and screams of terror

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third time ice cream

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Why we cling to false beliefs - feedback from our environment beats solid evidence

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Human evolution, according to an abyss. Illustration: shutterstock

The psychological connection between conspiracy theories and creationism

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The pizzas used in the experiment, photo: Prof. Zvi Ganel, Ben Gurion University

A new study states: using a small plate does not help you eat less when you are hungry

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Cartoon showing US President Donald Trump reading fake news. Illustration: shutterstock

The instinct to agree with ourselves

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On the road to happiness: what is the connection between our geographical location and our emotional state?

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Are lucid dreams beneficial or harmful to mental health?

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Secrets, oil on canvas, Karl Witkowski. Source: Wikimedia.

Why is it so hard to keep secrets?

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When sex and gender collide

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Mouse brain viewed from above: nerve extensions connect the two amygdalae (the two brightest areas, on both sides of the brain) and the cerebral cortex (the upper part). Source: from the study.

to illuminate the trauma in a new light

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Human evolution gives an advantage to pessimism. Photo: pixabay.

Why sadness defeats joy

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A new study shows that brief and incidental exposure to a stimulus that creates a sensory sensation or evokes associations related to cold (such as a picture of a winter landscape) can improve performance in a cognitive control task. Source: pixabay.

Can a cold temperature or a winter image affect cognitive control?

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"The Chemistry of Mother's Love"

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A fun and beloved activity may replace expensive mental therapy or anti-depressants. Illustration: pixabay.com.

Depressed? Do what you like

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Curiosity is dangerous

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A mechanism that controls mice's coping with social challenges

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The young voted to stay, the adults asked to leave. Based on an illustration from the Catholic Herald website while replacing the signs

Game theory explains how the British reached a result that no one prepared for

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Inventing science? About Sigmund Freud, whose birth was 160 years ago today

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A 1995 US stamp depicting the liberation of Holocaust survivors from the camps by the Allies in early 1945. catwalker / Shutterstock.com

Holocaust survivors are at high risk of developing schizophrenia

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The scientific formula of happiness was discovered! and refuted

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Prof. Galia Avidan. Photographer: Danny Machlis, Ben-Gurion University

A new study expands the knowledge regarding the uniqueness of face perception mechanisms among humans

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The chemical formula of the "love hormone" oxytocin. Photo: shutterstock

Tu Bab: The dark side of the love hormone - similarity between its effects and the effects of alcohol

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Ambiguity makes us lie

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Speed ​​dating. Illustration: shutterstock

The evolution of Speed ​​Dating - two-way biomimicry

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On the occasion of International Women's Day: A study reveals that men are more narcissistic than women

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between imagination and reality

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The equation that predicts happiness

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Health sciences - when does self-help really help? / Maya Shelwitz

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The voice of the skeptic - the beginning of justice

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Why good thoughts block good thoughts from them / Miriam Bialich and Peter McLeod

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Rumination - increasing mental rumination. Illustration: Ben Gurion University

Using computer training can help reduce the tendency to dwell on negative thoughts which can lead to depression

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A partner with high emotional intelligence does not guarantee a garden of roses

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Battle shock. Illustration: shutterstock

Trauma: how we lie to ourselves, what it does to us - and how we can get out of it

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Defense against prejudice / Ed Jung

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Hermann Rorschach and his wife Olga. Photo: from Wikipedia

Herman Rorschach - the developer of the Rorschach test - the ink blots in which everyone sees what they want

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Why are we altruistic?

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A happy mouse is left alone. Illustration: shutterstock

"Enriched" mice have less complex social interactions than mice raised in a "modest" environment

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The debate is over. None of the religions. Photo: shutterstock

Research headquarters: Atheists are more intelligent than religious

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When the Herd Effect Tramples the Wisdom of Crowds: New Research Reveals That the Wisdom of Crowds Online is Biased and Easily Influenced

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2 Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - self-photograph, image processing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev - self-photograph, image processing Share 0 In the article "A Beautiful Object" from last week, Yaki Manschenfreund justified the criticism of the photo of the Boston-based danger Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover of "Rolling" Stone", and concluded that presenting it as a "beautiful object" insults the victims and their families, and basically any person with moral sensitivity. I liked Munchenfreund's analysis, but I do not agree with his conclusion. I tried to understand why the editors of "Rolling Stone" chose this particular photo, and in my humble opinion the explanation is quite simple and obvious: Tsarnaev looks like the cute neighbor's boy in the photo, a sensitive poet or a gigolo after a night of pleasure - but the editors of the magazine tell us: he is not what he is seen. He is a murderer. monster. The inscription on the cover leaves no room for doubt: "The terrorist. How a popular and promising student was failed by his family, degenerated into radical Islam and became a monster." The caption confronts the reader with the meaning of the image, balances it and attaches the proper interpretation to it. This is a message whose effect is much stronger precisely because of the controversial use of the photo, but the very claim that this photo of Tsarnaev humiliates the victims of the murder and belittles their relatives is demagogic and manipulative. And since when can the physical characteristics of a murderer "despise" or "respect" his victims? In addition, it is an approach that expresses a flat, binary view, according to which beautiful = good, ugly = bad, from the outside and from the inside. When "Rolling Stone" publishes a beautiful representation of a bad man, it breaks down the equation and builds a complex and even deceptive picture of reality. Perhaps he wants to convey a message to his readers: you will be able to understand this complex reality without us having to illustrate it for you with simplistic representations. By the way, the same photo of Tsarnaev was published in May prominently on the front page of the "New York Times", and even then received barrages of criticism. The presentation of Tsarnaev as a "beautiful object" raises another issue: this is not a press photo, but a self-portrait. At a certain point in time, Tsarnaev chose to present himself this way (as do all his peers). This self-photograph is seen as serving Tsarnaev's personal-subjective agenda, rather than as legitimate objective journalistic documentation. From this point of view, the criticism is about the privilege that was allegedly granted to Tsarnaev - to make use of this biased image representation of him, and to burn himself in the collective consciousness in a way that contradicts, or at least does not coincide, with his identification as a murderer. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover of "Rolling Stone", August 2013 The Boston Marathon victim Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the cover of "Rolling Stone", August 2013

The voice of the skeptic - the crime scene, science

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Verbal communication. Illustration: shutterstock

Why is it important to us that others understand us\ Shani Wiedergorn

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Oxytocin - the love hormone. Photo: shutterstock

A study published on Valentine's Day (Tu Bab): The love hormone makes us not see shortcomings in our partners

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Right: Dr. Elad Schneidman and Jordan Cohen. Learning patterns

Where is the border?

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The cover of the book "The Secret Race"

The voice of the skeptic - about tyrants and conservatives

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A face expressing fear from the book "The expressions of fear in mother and beast" written by Darwin

A Journey to the Subscience - Fear / Roy Cezana

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Anne Frank Memorial Center used for tolerance education in Berlin, March 2013. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

How did we miss one of the most important lessons from the Holocaust?

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With the help of psychological experiments, it is possible to try and answer the disturbing question, how could it be that the Holocaust happened? How could it be that so many people knew about what was happening in the extermination camps and remained silent? Why only a few?