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Human behavior
- SleepDuring sleep, the brain uses significantly less energy than it does when awake. Research shows a 44% reduction in the cerebral metabolic rate of glucose and…
- ViolenceThe World Health Organization defined violence in 2002 as the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another…
- EmotionThe word emotion dates back to 1579, when it was adapted from the French word émouvoir, which means to stir up. The term emotion was introduced into academic…
- Human behaviorIn 1920, John B. Watson published Behaviorism: An Introduction to the Psychology of Behavior, marking a pivotal moment when psychology shifted focus from…
- SycophancyIn the fifth century BC, a private citizen in Athens could bring a legal case against another without any police force to intervene.
- ObfuscationThe word obfuscation derives from the Latin verb obfuscāre, which means to darken. Tom McArthur edited The Oxford Companion to the English Language in 1992…