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Why I stopped being myself on dates in English
Relationships

Why I stopped being myself on dates in English

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I spent 10 years learning English grammar. A linguist told me to stop.
Behavior

I spent 10 years learning English grammar. A linguist told me to stop.

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I got rejected from 37 international jobs. Then I changed how I practiced English.
Work

I got rejected from 37 international jobs. Then I changed how I practiced English.

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Language anxiety: the limbic-system science behind 'I freeze when I have to speak'
Mind

Language anxiety: the limbic-system science behind 'I freeze when I have to speak'

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Mind

Language anxiety: the limbic-system science behind 'I freeze when I have to speak'
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Last update: May 11•
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Language anxiety: the limbic-system science behind 'I freeze when I have to speak'

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Inside the bilingual brain: 30 years of MRI evidence on what two languages do to you
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Last update: May 8•
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Inside the bilingual brain: 30 years of MRI evidence on what two languages do to you

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Foreign accent syndrome: what a rare disorder reveals about how the brain maps sound
Mind
Last update: Apr 28•
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Foreign accent syndrome: what a rare disorder reveals about how the brain maps sound

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Behavior

I spent 10 years learning English grammar. A linguist told me to stop.
Behavior
Last update: Jun 28•
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I spent 10 years learning English grammar. A linguist told me to stop.

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The marshmallow test: how a famous study lost its punchline
Behavior
Last update: May 6•
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The marshmallow test: how a famous study lost its punchline

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The bystander effect: what the original studies showed, and what the replications didn't
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The bystander effect: what the original studies showed, and what the replications didn't

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Relationships

Why I stopped being myself on dates in English
Relationships
Last update: Jun 29•
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Why I stopped being myself on dates in English

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The Translated Version of Yourself: Why Dating in English Feels Like Performing Someone Else's Life
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Last update: Jun 26•
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The Translated Version of Yourself: Why Dating in English Feels Like Performing Someone Else's Life

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Romance across accents: what the studies say about fluency, vulnerability, and attraction
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Last update: Apr 30•
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Romance across accents: what the studies say about fluency, vulnerability, and attraction

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Self

The critical-period myth: what 50 years of research actually says about adult language learning
Self
Last update: May 10•
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The critical-period myth: what 50 years of research actually says about adult language learning

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Code-switching and identity: longitudinal research on bilingual selves
Self
Last update: May 7•
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Code-switching and identity: longitudinal research on bilingual selves

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Self-compassion: what 20 years of research has and hasn't supported
Self
Last update: Apr 22•
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Self-compassion: what 20 years of research has and hasn't supported

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Science

Memory consolidation: what one night of sleep does for newly-learned anything
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Last update: May 4•
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Memory consolidation: what one night of sleep does for newly-learned anything

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The Dunning-Kruger graph that wasn't
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Last update: May 3•
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The Dunning-Kruger graph that wasn't

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The replication crisis: what 2015 changed in psychology
Science
Last update: Apr 21•
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The replication crisis: what 2015 changed in psychology

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Wellbeing

Bilingualism and aging: the 60-year story of cognitive reserve
Wellbeing
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Bilingualism and aging: the 60-year story of cognitive reserve

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Loneliness research has had a methodology problem since 1978
Wellbeing
Last update: May 1•
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Loneliness research has had a methodology problem since 1978

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Cognitive behavioral therapy: what 50 years of evidence has and hasn't proved
Wellbeing
Last update: Apr 20•
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Cognitive behavioral therapy: what 50 years of evidence has and hasn't proved

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Work

I got rejected from 37 international jobs. Then I changed how I practiced English.
Work
Last update: Jun 27•
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I got rejected from 37 international jobs. Then I changed how I practiced English.

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Ultradian rhythms: the case for 90-minute work cycles, examined
Work
Last update: May 9•
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Ultradian rhythms: the case for 90-minute work cycles, examined

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Flow state research: what the operational definition actually requires
Work
Last update: Apr 27•
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Flow state research: what the operational definition actually requires

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Culture

How immigrant brains rewire over the first 24 months: fMRI evidence
Culture
Last update: Apr 29•
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How immigrant brains rewire over the first 24 months: fMRI evidence

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Polyglots in history: what makes some people speak twenty languages
Culture
Last update: Apr 18•
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Polyglots in history: what makes some people speak twenty languages

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Globalization and language death: a planet of 7,000 tongues, half of them going
Culture
Last update: Mar 29•
1083284 min

Globalization and language death: a planet of 7,000 tongues, half of them going

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