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When people thought about unethical behavior in their own past, they perceived a room as darker than when they thought of a good deed. Articles about PSYCHOLOGY: http://www.scoop.it/t/science-news?tag=psychology 
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Researchers figure out why, in some cases, we experience schadenfreude, or joy in the misfortune of others. Turns out, the emotional blip provides a self-affirming boost, making us feel better about ourselves.
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These are the “culture-bound syndromes”: mental illnesses that psychiatrists officially acknowledge occur only within a particular society. Depending on whom you ask, the notion that some cultures have their own ways of going crazy is either the ultimate in cultural sensitivity or the ultimate in Western condescension. (...) To these critics, *the very notion of a “culture-bound illness” is an outdated relic from the days of European empires*.
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