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SA Mind Vol 31 Issue 6

Mind

November 2020

Volume 31, Issue 6

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Features

In Defense of the Psychologically Rich Life
Behavior

In Defense of the Psychologically Rich Life

It involves complex mental engagement; a wide range of deep, intense emotions; and diverse, novel and interesting experiences

By Michael D. Lemonick and Scott Barry Kaufman
Emotional Labor Is a Store Clerk Confronting a Maskless Customer
Behavior

Emotional Labor Is a Store Clerk Confronting a Maskless Customer

The preeminent sociologist Arlie Russell Hochschild discusses the control over one’s feelings needed to go to work every day during a pandemic

By Dean Visser and Gary Stix

Departments

Illusions
Perplexing Perspectives
From the Editor
That Thoroughly-Used-Up Kind of Life
Opinion
The Problem with Implicit Bias Training
Penis Size Has Nothing to Do with Masculinity
The Weirdness of Watching Yourself on Zoom
Were French People Born to Speak French?
News
COVID-19-Era Isolation Is Making Dangerous Eating Disorders Worse
How Dozens of Languages Help Build Gender Stereotypes
Cracking the Neural Code with Phantom Smells
Mountain Peaks Seem to Shape Personality Traits in the American West
Elon Musk's Pig-Brain Implant Is Still a Long Way from 'Solving Paralysis'
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