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I asked 7 top psychologists to tell me what blows their mind - here are their answers

Shana Lebowitz   

I asked 7 top psychologists to tell me what blows their mind - here are their answers
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In May, I flew to Chicago for the Psychological Science convention.

If you're at all inclined to nerd out over the study of human behavior (nope, not me), the convention is one of the coolest places you'll ever find yourself.

Dozens of top psychologists were there to present their findings on topics including happiness and well-being, memory, and goal pursuit.

Around the same time, my colleague Melia Robinson of Tech Insider was visiting Stanford University, asking students to tell her something that would blow her mind. And I thought: Who knows more about the mind than an entire convention of psychologists?

I caught up with a few of them and asked each one to tell me about a piece of research that completely blows their mind.

Here's are the findings that make psychologists do a double-take:

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