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Conversation dictates intimacy. Irwin Altman and Dalmas Taylor (psychologists often have funky names) created what is sometimes known as the ‘onion theory’. More accurately, it’s called social …
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Ever go people watching? Maybe you do that thing where you try to figure out how close two people are? Are they friends, or lovers? On a first date, or out for work. Well closeness is actually quite a …
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Oxytocin has been called 'the great facilitator of life' and rarely have we celebrated a chemical like we do oxytocin. People get this bad boy tattooed on their body and I've seen necklaces and …
Relationships aren't easy. That's why psychologists like to pigeonhole them. So we end up with all these unrelated theories trying to explain different (or competing to explain the same) things. When …
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Relationships breakdown predictably. We've talked before about the 'four horsemen of the apocalypse', the four most critical signs that your relationship is on the rocks. But relationships break down …
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The Weekly Dispatch We curate the best psychological dirt from all over the web each week so you don’t have to. Get a jumpstart on the week, over your cup of morning coffee or on the way to work with …
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