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A key House lawmaker says he’s optimistic that a recent court ruling widely seen as limiting the US
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Greece wildfires: Hospital evacuated as fire intensifies in Alexandroupolis
Dozens of patients are moved to safety as wildfires burn out of control near Alexandroupolis.
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Past high-profile trials suggest stress and potential pitfalls for Georgia judge handling Trump case
Past high-profile trials suggest additional scrutiny and stress for the four judges overseeing the indictments against former President Donald Trump
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'Love is Blind' Season 5 star Izzy Zapata reveals his 'biggest insecurity' as he looks for unconditional love
'Love is Blind' Season 5 star Izzy Zapata hopes to find someone who is 'open-minded and also a good communicator' and can love him unconditionally
2023-09-22 13:53

Massive Greek wildfire now in its 11th day is the biggest ever recorded in the EU
A massive wildfire is burning unabated in northeastern Greece for the 11th day despite the efforts of hundreds of firefighters and a fleet of water-dropping aircraft
2023-08-30 03:48

How did Nick Cannon surprise his partner Abby De La Rosa? Mother-of-three moved to happy tears, says 'I'm really emotional'
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High art becomes body art as visitors to Amsterdam's Rembrandt House Museum get inked
A famous Dutch tattoo artist is inking sketches by Rembrandt van Rijn onto the skin of visitors to the building the Golden Age master once called home
2023-06-19 18:24

Ridder overcomes 3 lost fumbles in red zone to lead game-winning drive and beat the Bucs 16-13
It looked as if the Atlanta Falcons' chance to secure a win literally slipped away from Desmond Ridder’s fingers in the fourth quarter
2023-10-23 08:15

This is the reason why self-service checkouts are fitted with mirrors
With the increasing number of self-service checkout machines popping up in stores for convenience, there is one simple feature that is used to put off potential shoplifters - mirrors. There's a good chance that you've looked at your reflection in the screens fitted to these machines, and the purpose of it is for potential shoplifters to catch themselves in the mirror in the hopes of making them feel guilty. This pang of a guilty conscience is hoped to prevent them from committing any crime (it's not just there for vanity purposes like most of us use it for). Research also backs up the theory that people who see themselves in a mirror are less likely to do something bad. A 1976 study from Letters of Evolutionary Behavioural Science found that when people are around mirrors, they "behave in accordance with social desirability". "Mirrors influence impulsivity, a feature that is closely related to decision-making in both social and non-social situations." When participants in the experiment were looking at mirrors, their "private self-awareness was activated" by them and as a result influenced "decision-making as a non-social cues". Similarly, Psychology Today notes how a mirror allows "people to literally watch over themselves" and this "dramatically boosts our self-awareness". Meanwhile, the issue of self-service checkouts and shoplifting was highlighted in a report by Mashed last year which it appeared to confirm that Walmart's attempt at combatting this problem was a psychological method with the addition of mirrors (though Walmart, alongside other supermarkets, has never confirmed the purpose of their mirrors at their self-service checkout services). Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-10-09 18:15

Vikings see their 5-game winning streak stop with a relapse of their early season turnover rash
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2023-11-21 07:50

Trump's business empire threatened by judge's ruling
A key selling point of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential run was that he was a...
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Gavin Rossdale reveals why he and ex Gwen Stefani don't co-parent their 3 kids
Gavin Rossdale reveals why he and ex Gwen Stefani don't co-parent their 3 kids
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