The Science of Success

Today we discuss how nicknames for young boys can help them socialize better, how archaeologists in Poland have unearthed the grave of a woman people feared might return from the dead, and a new study that disproves Freud’s theory that more successful people are unhealthier than less successful people. 

Boyhood Nickname 

• “Why You Should Ask Men About Their Boyhood Nicknames” By Jett Stone
  • https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-souls-men/202209/why-you-should-ask-men-about-their-boyhood-nicknames
• “Why Men Need to Prioritize, and Celebrate, Their Friendships” by Jett Stone
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-souls-men/202202/why-men-need-prioritize-and-celebrate-their-friendships

Vampire Grave 

• “Archaeologists unearth remains of 17th-century female “vampire” in Poland” by Jennifer Oullette
  • https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/archaeologists-unearth-remains-of-17th-century-female-vampire-in-poland/
• “Ancient human bloodsucker? Skeleton of female 'vampire' unearthed in Europe during dig” by Natalie Neysa Alund
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/09/08/skeleton-female-vampire-unearthed-poland-dig/8020403001/

Wrecked by Success 

• “New psychology research rebuts Sigmund Freud’s “wrecked by success” hypothesis” by Vladimir Hedrih
  • https://www.psypost.org/2022/11/new-psychology-research-rebuts-sigmund-freuds-wrecked-by-success-hypothesis-64322
• “Wrecked by Success? Not to Worry” by Harrison J. Kell et al.
  • https://my.vanderbilt.edu/smpy/files/2013/02/Article-PPS-Kell-et-al-2022.pdf

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