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Articles et réflexions sur les sciences comportementales appliquées au management au leadership et à l'entreprise

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The Benjamin Franklin Effect

David McRaney 08/26/2012 22:45 Benjamin Franklin knew how to deal with haters. Born in 1706 as the eighth of 17 children to a Massachusetts soap and candlestick maker, the chances Benjamin would go on to become a gentleman, scholar, scientist, statesman,...

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Psychology Uncovers Sex Appeal of Dark Personalities

Why are narcissists more physically attractive? By Daisy Grewal | Tuesday, November 27, 2012 | Although most people probably don’t consider narcissism or psychopathy desirable qualities in either their friends or romantic partners, many of us are mysteriously...

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Great Apes Can Have a Mid-life Crisis, Too

New study hints at a biological cause for middle-age blues By Ewen Callaway and Nature magazine | Monday, November 19, 2012 They may not take up surfing or start second careers as cupcake-makers, but chimpanzees and orangutans seem to go through a ‘mid-life...

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Scientists Probe Human Nature—and Discover We are Good, after All

Recent studies find our first impulses are selfless By Adrian F. Ward | Tuesday, November 20, 2012 When it really comes down to it—when the chips are down and the lights are off—are we naturally good? That is, are we predisposed to act cooperatively,...

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Brain Scans of Rappers Shed Light on Creativity

Brain Scans of Rappers Shed Light on Creativity

A relaxation of "executive functions" during rapping allows for more natural de-focused attention and uncensored processes to occur--possibly the hallmark of creativity, a researcher says By Daniel Cressey and Nature magazine | Thursday, November 15,...

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The Unconscious Brain Can Do Math

The Unconscious Brain Can Do Math

Humans might be able to unconsciously perform complex tasks like reading and learning By Megan Gannon and LiveScience | Thursday, November 15, 2012 People can process short sentences and solve equations before they're aware of the words and numbers in...

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World Changing Ideas

From solar power to powering our planet with garbage, Scientific American explores ideas that would improve our planet By Christopher Mims , Amanda Schupak , Michael Moyer , Sarah Simpson , John Pavlus , Gregory Mone , Melinda Wenner and Katherine Harmon...

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Infant Stress Affects Teen Brain

Two-decade study reveals neural connection between early stress and anxiety and depression in girls. | Sunday, November 11, 2012 | By Virginia Hughes For some girls, stressful experiences in the first year of life seem to drive hormonal changes later...

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Memory in Old Age Can Be Bolstered

Researchers have found ways to lessen age-related forgetfulness By Hal Arkowitz and Scott O. Lilienfeld | Tuesday, November 13, 2012 When Mick Jagger first sang “What a drag it is getting old,” he was 23 years old. Now at 69, he is still a veritable Jumpin'...

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Why Men Like Petraeus Risk It All to Cheat

The risk of destroying a career is nothing compared with the evolutionary drive to reproduce By Stephanie Pappas and LiveScience | Tuesday, November 13, 2012 | An admitted affair has crumbled the career of CIA Director David Petraeus, prompting the evergreen...

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