Abigail Marsh
Psychology & neuroscience professor @Georgetown. Author of THE FEAR FACTOR (UK: GOOD FOR NOTHING). Studies empathy, psychopathy, aggression & altruism.
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Ambitious Louisville study seeks to understand impact of trees on our health
Trees can add beauty and serenity to a neighborhood -- but can they also improve the health of its residents? In Kentucky, the University of Louisville — with help from the National Institutes of Health and The Nature Conservancy — aims to find out....
What Makes an American Hero? (Or a Canadian One?)
For over 100 years, the Carnegie Hero Fund has privately searched for everyday heroes.
Abigail Marsh
A beautiful writeup of the @Carnegie_Hero Fund, an organization dedicated to recognizing courageous heroes among us (sample: Hero #8281, an off-duty firefighter recovering from surgery recognized for trying to drive off a bear as it mauled a man to death)
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Grassroots Progressive Group Gives Warren Top Marks Among 2020 Democrats
Indivisible ranked candidates on progressive priorities, including "democracy reforms" they want implemented if a Democrat wins in 2020. Bernie Sanders was a close second, with Joe Biden in last.
EPA reauthorizes use of "dangerous" "cyanide bombs" that kill thousands of animals every year
Critics say that the traps "inhumanely and indiscriminately" kill thousands of animals every year, posing a danger to endangered species, domestic pets and even humans.
Happiness and Voting: Evidence from Four Decades of Elections in Europe
There is a growing interest among policy makers in the use of subjective well‐being (or “happiness”) data to measure societal progress, as well as to inform and evaluate public policy. Yet despite a ...
Another Classic Psychology Finding—That You Can Smile Your Way to Happiness—Just Blew Up
In the spring of 2013, a 63-year-old social psychologist in Wurzburg, Germany, made a bold suggestion in a private email chain. For months, several doz ...
'The Best Thing You Can Do Is Not Buy More Stuff,' Says 'Secondhand' Expert
"Your average thrift store in the United States only sells about one-third of the stuff that ends up on its shelves," Adam Minter says. His book explores what happens to the things that don't sell.
Not only assholes drive Mercedes. Besides disagreeable men, also conscientious people drive high‐status cars
In a representative sample of Finnish car owners (N = 1892) we connected the Five‐Factor Model personality dimensions to driving a high‐status car. Regardless of whether income was included in the lo...
Empathy, Exploitation, and Adolescent Bullying Perpetration: a Longitudinal Social-Ecological Investigation
Empathy has been often negatively associated with bullying perpetration, whereas tendencies to be exploitative have been relatively understudied with bullying. Empathic concern and exploitation may...
America’s Air Quality Worsens, Ending Years of Gains, Study Says
The uptick reverses a decades-long trend in America’s progress toward cleaner air.
Should we outlaw SUVs?
They are an enormous cause of emissions, and deadly to pedestrians? Is it time for automakers to stop selling them or cities to stop allowing them on their streets?
SUVs Are Worse for the Climate Than You Ever Imagined
But if you drive one, you can still reduce your carbon footprint—and you can vote for climate change policies with even bigger impact.
Most Americans would pay more to avoid using plastic, poll says
These PBS NewsHour and Marist Poll results come as environmental experts project disastrous levels of plastic that are already permeating the water you drink, the food you eat and the air you breathe.
Advice to Give Women Blood Thinners After C-Sections Draws Fire
Doctors are criticizing a recent recommendation from experts to give blood-thinning drugs to nearly all women who give birth by caesarean section, saying the advice may be unsafe and tainted by potential conflicts of interest.
Jane Goodall on the ‘shocking’ damage Donald Trump has done to the environment
Jane Goodall on the ‘shocking’ damage Donald Trump has done to the environment
Dr. Jane Goodall came to Yahoo’s Los Angeles studios and discussed how President Trump and other politicians remind her of chimpanzees as well as the damage his...
Is Empathy the Default Response to Suffering? A Meta-Analytic Evaluation of Perspective Taking’s Effect on Empathic Concern - William H. B. McAuliffe, Evan C. Carter, Juliana Berhane, Alexander C. Snihur, Michael E. McCullough,
We conducted a series of meta-analytic tests on experiments in which participants read perspective-taking instructions—that is, written instructions to imagine ...
Peer reviewers unmasked: largest global survey reveals trends
Scientists in emerging economies respond fastest to peer review invitations, but are invited least.