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Adults come to look like their first names, but children do not

People picked adults' real names from four options 27% to 30% of the time versus 25% chance, but not children's, and a neural network found same-name adult faces more alike in 60% of comparisons versus 52% for children, supporting a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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Admitting a boast sounds hard to believe can make it more convincing

Across ten studies, people seen as lacking credibility were judged more self-aware and sincere when they prefaced self-promotion with disclaimers like "I know this may seem hard to believe, but", while the same disclaimers did nothing or backfired for speakers already seen as credible.