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What we connect with an accent

Many Germans find a French accent charming, but have reservations about an Arabic or Eastern European language inflection. This is due to stereotypes and experiences.

Which languages are easy to learn?

Anyone who speaks German as a mother tongue usually has no major problems with English: the two languages are closely related. However, common roots are not only decisive. There are linguistic peculiarities that make learning a foreign language difficult for everyone.

Insults feel like a slap in the face

"Paula is a slut": such a verbal attack immediately attracts attention. This does not change if it is repeated often.

Smalltalk promotes strategic cooperation

The first impression counts. If the participants of a study considered their interlocutors to be extraverted, they cooperated more with them at strategic games.

Which role models promote body positivity?

Comparing with a beauty ideal makes you dissatisfied. The new trend towards the muscular body is therefore not progress. To develop a positive body image, you need role models with other qualities.

"We can actively change - for a lifetime"

Which decisive moments we experience depends on our personality – and also whether we grow from it. The psychologist Eva Asselmann talks about life crises, genes and the self-optimization mania.

Lack of sleep makes you less helpful

Too little sleep is not only unhealthy, but also social behavior. Brain areas that are connected to empathy are possibly less active in the tired state.

Am I highly sensitive?

Highly sensitive people perceive the world particularly intensely, they are quickly flooded with stimuli, and they often react sensitively in interpersonal contact. Your special feeling also has advantages.

Why it is worth saying hello again

After a long silence, it is often difficult to contact old acquaintances. But it doesn't have to: Usually the joy of the surprising news is greater than expected.

Walking to find Inner Clarity

Hundreds of thousands make a pilgrimage every year on routes such as the Jakobsweg through Europe. This often has little to do with religion: this serves as a temporary ritual in life crises.

Thinking has its price

Mental exertion alters brain metabolism, a new study shows. In the nerve tissue, a messenger substance accumulates, which is potentially toxic.

It depends on the type of reward

Japanese children resist sweets in the marshmallow test longer than American offspring. But wait a different temptation for you, your patience disappears faster.

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