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Gender Wage Gap Wider in King County Than Elsewhere in Washington State
Although pay equity for women has improved, men are still paid more for the same work. Why is the problem even worse in King County than elsewhere?
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Finding Purpose in Peru
Celeste Marion (BA, 2003) co-founded an innovative school for special education students in Cusco, Peru.
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6-year-old girls already have gendered beliefs about intelligence
UW's Sapna Cheryan asks, “Do we want a society where each gender thinks they are smarter, or do we want one where boys and girls think the genders are equally smart?”
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7 signs your relationship is failing — even if it doesn't feel like it
It can be hard to spot even glaring flaws in your relationship while you're in it. With that in mind, Business Insider rounded up seven science-backed indicators that there might be trouble. -
Study: Did America's growing diversity make voters more xenophobic?
A new study shows that the increasingly large minority populations in the United States may have contributed to Donald Trump's victory.
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Increased Diversity Sparked Voters' Implicit Racial Biases: Study
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Why Only Humans Know How to Party
Although cognizant of the stones and bones, Robin Dunbar’s “Human Evolution” is concerned with something more consequential: how and why Homo sapiens became what we are.
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Why Only Humans Know How to Party
Although cognizant of the stones and bones, Robin Dunbar’s “Human Evolution” is concerned with something more consequential: how and why Homo sapiens became what we are.
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Bionic eyes could bring a new vision to 10 blind people in the UK
Ten blind people in the UK are set to be given "bionic eyes" for free by the National Health Service. Geoffrey Boynton, professor of psychology at the UW, is mentioned.
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Cursive comeback: Will Washington join handwriting revival?
Children in the Grand Canyon State will soon be writing A-r-i-z-o-n-a as one linked series of letters. Is a conjoined W-a-s-h-i-n-g-t-o-n far behind?
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Children pick up on and copy non-verbal social biases expressed by adults
Social bias can be expressed in variety of ways. A UW research reveals children not only notice non-verbal signals of social bias by adults, but also generalize the learned bias.
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US parents are starting to accept their children's transgender identities as early as age 3
Doctors and parents of transgender children are embracing their identity as early as age 3. The UW's TransYouth Project, led by psychology professor Kristina Olson, is mentioned.
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A Gift for Saving Lives
UW Psychology researchers have developed a remarkably effective therapy for people at high risk for suicide or with other behavior disorders.
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Study: Inclusive Environment Key to Closing STEM Gap
While the gender gap is tightening in some STEM fields, it's only getting wider in others.
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Behavioral Activation: the Depression Therapy You've Likely Never Heard Of
Research finds a simple action-oriented approach is effective in treating the common mood disorder.