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Monday, 23 January 2012 05:00
To 'think outside the box,' think outside the box
Want to think outside the box? Try actually thinking outside of a box. In a study to be published in an upcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, researchers had students think up solutions to problems while acting out various metaphors about...
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Wednesday, 11 May 2011 05:00
When words get hot, mental multitaskers collect cool
How useful would it be to anticipate how well someone will control their emotions? To predict how well they might be able to stay calm during stress? To accept critical feedback stoically?
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Monday, 09 May 2011 05:00
We actually 'become' happy vampires or contented wizards when reading a book
We actually 'become' happy vampires or contented wizards when reading a book
University at Buffalo study finds assimilated narratives open brave new worlds to us and in us
Bad news for muggle parents! A new study by psychologists at the University at Buffalo finds that we more or less "become" vampires or wizards just by reading...
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Monday, 09 May 2011 05:00
How to tell when someone's lying
When someone is acting suspiciously at an airport, subway station or other public space, how can law enforcement officers determine whether he's up to no good?
The ability to effectively detect deception is crucial to public safety,...
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Thursday, 07 April 2011 19:58
How To Avoid Regretting Your Purchases
Jisook "April" Park, a Kansas State University doctoral candidate in psychology, is researching consumer decision-making strategies and trying to understand the causes and remedies for post-purchase regret....
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Friday, 11 March 2011 13:14
Making the Left Choice
Apparently, if you are right handed you will unconsciously associate good things with the right hand side of space and bad things with the left hand side (or vice versa if you are left handed). According to researchers Daniel Casasanto from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and Evangelia Chrysikou from the University of Pennsylvania, this preference can be changed by something as simple as wearing a glove on one hand.
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Thursday, 10 March 2011 08:37
Can Pain Reduce Guilt?
A new study published in the Journal of Psychological Science has examined whether self-inflicted pain can reduce feelings of guilt. The results suggest it can.
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Tuesday, 01 March 2011 20:30
Make Better Decisions on a Full Bladder
What should you do when you really, REALLY have to “go”? Make important life decisions, maybe. Controlling your bladder makes you better at controlling yourself when making decisions about your future, too, according to a study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science.
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Tuesday, 22 February 2011 20:55
Why People Behave Differently To How They Say They Will
A new study by Rimma Teperr, Michael Inzlicht, and Elizabeth Page-Gould of the University of Toronto has investigated the mismatch between what people say they would do in moral dillemas and what they actually do. They claim that the differences are due to emotions and people are often more moral in their actions than the think they will be. The findings are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association of Psychological Science
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Monday, 21 February 2011 12:44
I forgive you...
Women are better at forgiveness than men, according to a new study from Spain.
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