Why do we get annoyed? Science has irritatingly few answers.
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Loud chewing, persistent marketing phone calls, and pop-up ads drive our readers bonkers. This author co-wrote a book on why humans experience annoyance.
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Science Has a Word for Those People Who Just Really Annoy Everyone For No Apparent Reason, by Jessica Stillman
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Charming Insightful Smart, Funny, down-right wonderful Highlight, take notes, and search in the book
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Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us
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4 reasons why we find some people so inexplicably annoying, according to science
BOOK BITES: Annoying -- the Science of What Bugs Us
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Women more sensitive to annoying behaviour than men: True that - Hindustan Times
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Research National Geographic
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Literatur - Archiv - 2018 und früher - Psychologie Heute
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Why are some people irritable all the time? And what can you do?
BOOK BITES: Annoying -- the Science of What Bugs Us