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How Does Wearing Glasses Help a Politician’s Electoral Success?

Eyeglasses are typically used for vision correction; however, on occasion, they are used for cosmetic purposes without specialized lenses. There is a running theory that glasses actually help politicians get votes. But how is this possible? Even though many politicians try to avoid wearing eyeglasses because they believe it makes them look less attractive, according […]

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Metal Music

How Does Listening to Heavy Metal Help Process Negative Emotions? 

Heavy metal is a rock music genre that rose to fame in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This was mainly in the United Kingdom and the United States. Heavy metal bands developed a thick, monumental sound characterized by distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and loudness, with roots in blues, psychedelic, and acid rock.

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Are Introverts More Natural at Social Psychology?

For years people have been associating being introverted with negative connotations. The fact of the matter is, there weren’t enough studies to prove so. So Yale University took the initiative to learn more about introverted individuals and found surprising results. In a study conducted in 2018, psychologists from Yale found that introverts who are more

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