Four is the 'magic' number for our mind coping with information
(Medical Xpress)—According to psychological lore, when it comes to items of information the mind can cope with before confusion sets in, the "magic" number is seven.
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Nov 28, 2012 |
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'Clean' your memory to pick a winner, study says
Predicting the winner of a sporting event with accuracy close to that of a statistical computer program could be possible with proper training, according to researchers. In a study published today, experiment ...
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Apr 22, 2013 |
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Study shows willpower traits appear to be lifelong for some people
(Medical Xpress) -- In an interesting and unique study, researchers have followed up on an experiment conducted several decades ago designed to point out the varying levels of willpower in nursery school age children. Back ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 30, 2011 |
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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 ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Study suggests clenching right hand may help form memories, left may help recall words
Clenching your right hand may help form a stronger memory of an event or action, and clenching your left may help you recollect the memory later, according to research published April 24 in the open access ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 24, 2013 |
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Easily embarrassed? Study finds people will trust you more
If tripping in public or mistaking an overweight woman for a mother-to-be leaves you red-faced, don't feel bad. A new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that people who are easily embarrassed are ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 28, 2011 |
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Group finds facial expressions not as universal as thought
(Medical Xpress) -- For most of history, people have assumed that facial expressions are generally universal; a smile by someone of any cultural group generally is an expression of happiness or pleasure, for ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Psychologists find meditation increases awareness of subliminal messages
(Phys.org) -- In our busy world most rarely have time to ponder the intricacies of subliminal messaging, despite the fact that it goes on all around us every day, in many cases as a direct means to incite ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 08, 2012 |
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What makes self-directed learning effective?
In recent years, educators have come to focus more and more on the importance of lab-based experimentation, hands-on participation, student-led inquiry, and the use of "manipulables" in the classroom. The underlying rationale ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 04, 2012 |
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Study shows people capable of reading and solving math equations subconsciously
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Hebrew University in Jerusalem have found that contrary to popular thinking, people are capable of reading sentences and solving math problems without consciously thinking ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 13, 2012 |
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How you think about death may affect how you act
How you think about death affects how you behave in life.
Psychology & Psychiatry
May 19, 2011 |
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Study suggests police officer wrongfully convicted for missing the 'obvious'
In a new study, researchers tested the claims of a Boston police officer who said he ran past a brutal police beating without seeing it. After re-creating some of the conditions of the original incident and ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Sexual orientation and gender conforming traits in women are genetic
Sexual orientation and 'gender conformity' in women are both genetic traits, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.
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Jul 07, 2011 |
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GABA link to impulsive males
(Medical Xpress) -- The reason why some men are more impulsive, act aggressively, drink and take drugs could lie in the fact that they have lower levels of a naturally occurring substance in a specific part ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 11, 2011 |
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Researchers find magnetic brain stimulation appears to make lying more difficult
(PhysOrg.com) -- People have been lying to one another likely for as long as they have been able to communicate, and for likely just as long, people have been trying to figure out a way to get the truth out of someone suspected ...
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