Psychology & Psychiatry
People love to hate on do-gooders, especially at work
Sometimes, it doesn't pay to be a do-gooder, according to a new University of Guelph study.
Jul 20, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Women's preference for masculine faces not linked with hormones: study
Data from almost 600 participants show that women's perceptions of male attractiveness do not vary according to their hormone levels, in contrast with some previous research. The study findings are published in Psychological ...
May 7, 2018
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Autism spectrum disorders
Adults with autism make more consistent choices
People with autism spectrum conditions (ASC) often show a reduced sensitivity to contextual information in perceptual tasks, but new research suggests that this reduced sensitivity may actually lead to more consistent choices ...
Jun 27, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What the pupils tells us about language
The meaning of a word is enough to trigger a reaction in our pupil: when we read or hear a word with a meaning associated with luminosity ("sun," "shine," etc.), our pupils contract as they would if they were actually exposed ...
Jun 15, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
People who value virtue show wiser reasoning
From romantic dramas to tensions at work, we're often better at working through other people's problems than our own—while we may approach our friends' problems with wise, clear-eyed objectivity, we often view our own problems ...
Oct 30, 2017
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Scientists identify a personality feature that could predict how often you exercise
Individuals who make concrete plans to meet their goals may engage in more physical activity, including visits to the gym, compared to those who don't plan quite so far ahead, research shows. These research findings, published ...
Sep 20, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
For the first time, a neural link between altruism and empathy toward strangers
Giving up a kidney to a stranger requires a certain sense of selflessness, what's come to be known in social science as extraordinary altruism. University of Pennsylvania psychologist Kristin Brethel-Haurwitz wanted to understand ...
Sep 11, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Knowing how' is in your brain
Although we often think of knowledge as "knowing that" (for example, knowing that Paris is the capital of France), each of us also knows many procedures consisting of "knowing how," such as knowing how to tie a knot or start ...
May 27, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The marshmallow test revisited
When kids "pass" the marshmallow test, are they simply better at self-control or is something else going on? A new UC San Diego study revisits the classic psychology experiment and reports that part of what may be at work ...
Sep 9, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Most links between personality traits and life outcomes are replicable
Studies showing links between personality traits and life outcomes, such as marital stability and vocational achievements, provide a reasonably accurate map of the relationship between personality and various aspects of one's ...
Apr 5, 2019
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