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Laura A. King

Laura A. King, Ph.D., is the Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Missouri.

By Joshua A. Hicks, Laura A. King | November 2, 2021

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Researcher Eranda Jayawickreme offers some ideas that can help you be more open and less defensive in conversations.
One Way to Make Work More Meaningful (The Science of Happiness podcast)

We all overestimate how much we know. Our guest tries a practice in slowing down to ask more questions, and finds it leads to higher quality connections.