Scientific American Mind - USA (2022-01 & 2022-02)
their ratings, however. For example, 64 percent of stu- dents of color indicated they felt respected on campus “very often” or “ ...
Our physical safety perimeters have widened, a study suggests By Gary Stix Nadia Bormotova/Getty Images COVID Expanded the Bound ...
T THE STOP DISTANCE PROCEDURE IS SIMPLE: A researcher moves toward a study participant. When the approaching person gets too clo ...
“shape” of the responses. This is something that is not really fully understood. We have also used virtual reality [VR]. An avat ...
persistent effects of it on people’s social behaviors can be measured using this method. Ultimately we want to be able to identi ...
BEHAVIOR Other People Don’t Think You’re a Mess Individuals often overestimate how harshly others judge them. But self-compassio ...
admit our difficulties to others. That step can be excruciating and frightening, but keeping prob- lems to ourselves can create ...
sion: Did they see it as an act of courage or a sign of weakness? Does showing vulnerability equal revealing one’s strength or i ...
AUTISM Coming Out Autistic Transgender or gender-fluid people are more likely to be neurodivergent, and vice versa. Here’s what ...
nas straight? I mean, how do you keep from los- ing yourself, being autistic and all?” “I am not autistic,” I corrected. She put ...
at least the right kind of question. My body has always been a vehicle for the trans- portation and translation of ideas, and al ...
and an embrace of gender diversity. Garcia quotes Charlie Garcia-Spiegel, a presenter at Autspace, a conference on, for and by n ...
CREATIVITY Remote Work Can Be Better for Innovation Than In-Person Meetings Seven steps for more inclusive and productive virtua ...
traditional brainstorming and thus feel they need to go back to the office. Unfortunately, these leaders are stuck with their ex ...
of the losing proposition of videoconference brain- storming, leaders need to adopt the best practice of asynchronous virtual br ...
The Allure of Mirages Our centuries-long fascination with optical phenomena In June 1827, after a full day of travel, journalist ...
called optical illusions have little to do with the physics of light, but they take shape in the mind of the observer. Such illu ...
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JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2022 | MIND.SCIENTIFICAMERICAN.COM Beautiful Beautiful Mess Mess Called Called LifeLife Individuals often overe ...
The pandemic has been a hard time for most people, even if not everyone is struggling in the same way. Families, for example—mot ...
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