Psychology & Psychiatry
Does online dating really work?
Whether enlisting the help of a grandmother or a friend or the magic of Cupid, singles long have understood that assistance may be required to meet that special someone.
Feb 6, 2012
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Marital distress linked to poor food choices for some, researcher finds
The arguments were nothing new for the 43 couples who participated in a recent study of how marital stress affects appetite and eating patterns. Hostile exchanges were all too frequent for them, especially when certain topics ...
Aug 17, 2015
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Foraging for thought – new insights into our working memory
(Medical Xpress)—We take it for granted that our thoughts are in constant turnover. Metaphors like "stream of consciousness" and "train of thought" imply steady, continuous motion. But is there a mechanism inside our heads ...
Jul 15, 2013
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Monkeys might be more logical than we think
You see a big cat nursing a kitten, and you assume Cat A is Cat B’s mother. Then you see a bird dropping worms in a smaller bird’s mouth. Different content, different context, but same relationship—you conclude ...
Jun 2, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
The perils of polite misunderstandings
Your friend debuts a questionable haircut and asks what you think of it. Brutal honesty would definitely hurt his feelings, so what do you say? Most people in this situation would probably opt for a vague or evasive response, ...
Oct 11, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
What are emotion expressions for?
(Medical Xpress) -- That cartoon scary face – wide eyes, ready to run – may have helped our primate ancestors survive in a dangerous wild, according to the authors of an article published in Current Directions in ...
Dec 23, 2011
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Refugee trauma worse than war trauma
(Medical Xpress)—The trauma of being a refugee can be worse than the trauma of war, according to a new Victoria University study.
Nov 11, 2011
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The first step to change: Focusing on the negative
If you want people to change the current system, or status quo, first you have to get them to notice what’s wrong with it. That’s the idea behind a new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of ...
Nov 11, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
A vaccination against social prejudice
Evolutionary psychologists suspect that prejudice is rooted in survival: Our distant ancestors had to avoid outsiders who might have carried disease. Research still shows that when people feel vulnerable to illness, they ...
Nov 29, 2011
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Spoiler alert: Stories are not spoiled by 'spoilers'
Many of us go to extraordinary lengths to avoid learning the endings of stories we have yet to read or see – plugging our ears, for example, and loudly repeating "la-la-la-la," when discussion threatens to reveal the ...
Aug 10, 2011
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