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Displaying all articles tagged:
Expectations
science of us
Mar. 8, 2019
I Know You Know That Happiness Is Fleeting
But it’s so easy to forget.
By
Edith Zimmerman
Mar. 16, 2016
The Science of Having Wildly High Standards for Your Relationship
A four-year study on newlyweds.
By
Melissa Dahl
Oct. 9, 2015
The Placebo Effect Is Getting Stronger — But Only in the U.S.
It may have at least something to do with all the pharmaceutical ads on TV.
By
Melissa Dahl
expectations
Jan. 27, 2015
Let Down by the Blizzard That Wasn’t
The strange psychology of why high expectations hurt.
By
Melissa Dahl
expectations
Dec. 31, 2014
The Scientific Case for Low Expectations on New Year’s Eve
John Oliver, as usual, is pretty much right.
By
Melissa Dahl
misheard lyrics
Nov. 24, 2014
Why You Keep Mishearing That Taylor Swift Lyric
Expectations are powerful.
By
Melissa Dahl