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Suppressing feelings of compassion makes people feel less moral: study
(Medical Xpress) -- It’s normal to not always act on your sense of compassion—for example, by walking past a beggar on the street without giving them any money. Maybe you want to save your money or avoid engaging ...
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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Just 60 seconds of combat impairs memory
Just 60 seconds of all-out physical exertion in a threatening situation can seriously damage the memories of those involved for many details of the incident, according to a new study of police officers.
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Mar 13, 2012 |
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Get me out of this slump! Visual illusions improve sports performance
(Medical Xpress) -- With the NCAA men’s college basketball tournament set to begin, college basketball fans around the United States are in the throes of March Madness. Anyone who has seen a game knows that the fans ...
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Mar 13, 2012 |
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In recognizing faces, the whole is not greater than the sum of its parts
(Medical Xpress) -- How do we recognize a face? To date, most research has answered “holistically”: We look at all the features—eyes, nose, mouth—simultaneously and, perceiving the relationships among ...
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Mar 09, 2012 |
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Want to limit aggression? Practice self-control
Feeling angry and annoyed with others is a daily part of life, but most people don't act on these impulses. What keeps us from punching line-cutters or murdering conniving co-workers? Self-control. A new review article in ...
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Mar 08, 2012 |
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Stumped by a problem? This technique unsticks you
(Medical Xpress) -- Stuck solving a problem? Seek the obscure, says Tony McCaffrey, a psychology PhD from the University of Massachusetts. “There’s a classic obstacle to innovation called ‘functional fixedness,’ ...
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Mar 07, 2012 |
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Two heads are not always better than one
(Medical Xpress) -- From the corporate boardroom to the kitchen table, important decisions are often made in collaboration. But are two—or three or five—heads better than one? Not always, according to new research ...
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Mar 06, 2012 |
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When my eyes serve my stomach
(Medical Xpress) -- Our senses aren’t just delivering a strict view of what’s going on in the world; they’re affected by what’s going on in our heads. A new study finds that hungry people see food-related ...
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Mar 02, 2012 |
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Who's in the know? To a preschooler, the person doing the pointing
If you want a preschooler to get the point, point. That's a lesson that can be drawn from a new study in Psychological Science, a journal published by the Association for Psychological Science. As part of their investigation of how ...
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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The ever-expanding definition of 'diversity'
(Medical Xpress) -- Diversity has become a goal for all sorts of institutions—but what it means may depend on who you ask. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Scienc ...
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Feb 29, 2012 |
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Stress changes how people make decisions: study
(Medical Xpress) -- Trying to make a big decision while you’re also preparing for a scary presentation? You might want to hold off on that. Feeling stressed changes how people weigh risk and reward. A new article published ...
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Feb 28, 2012 |
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Preschools get disadvantaged children ready for the rigors of kindergarten
Preschools help children prepare for the rigors of grade school—especially children who come from a minority family, a poor family, or whose parents don't provide high-quality interactions. The results of a new study ...
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Feb 23, 2012 |
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Girls' verbal skills make them better at arithmetic
(PhysOrg.com) -- While boys generally do better than girls in science and math, some studies have found that girls do better in arithmetic. A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Ps ...
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Feb 23, 2012 |
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Broken hearts really hurt
"Broken-hearted" isn't just a metaphor -- social pain and physical pain have a lot in common, according to Naomi Eisenberger of the University of Califiornia-Los Angeles, the author of a new paper published in Current Di ...
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Feb 22, 2012 |
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Think fast! Take risks! New study finds a link between fast thinking and risk taking
(Medical Xpress) -- New experiments show that the experience of thinking fast makes people more likely to take risks. This discovery suggests that some of the innovations of the modern world—fast-paced movies, social ...
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Feb 17, 2012 |
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