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A rational checklist is no match for emotions in matters of the heart

  • Written by Karen Wu, Assistant Professor of Psychology, California State University, Los Angeles
Your cold, hard list is no match for hot emotions.Glenn Carstens-Peters/Unsplash, CC BY

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