Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers advance the study of ethical decision-making
What would you do?
Jul 12, 2019
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Cognition
Psychology & Psychiatry
Do you feel the other closer to you when she/he contingently responds to your action?
Professor Atsushi Sato of the University of Toyama and Ai Matsuo, a researcher at The Open University of Japan, in cooperation with Professor Michiteru Kitazaki of Toyohashi University of Technology have found that social ...
Jun 27, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Exploring the science of decision-making
In a world that offers a seemingly unending number of options and opportunities, people may rely on the overall complexity of alternative options to help them make choices in uncertain environments, according to researchers.
May 22, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychologists discover enhanced language learning in synesthetes
"When I see equations, I see the letters in colors. I don't know why," wrote Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman. "I see vague pictures of Bessel functions with light-tan j's, slightly violet-bluish n's, and dark ...
May 15, 2019
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Autism spectrum disorders
Children shape their learning environment—the case of language acquisition in children with ASD
A close collaboration between University of Connecticut and Interacting Minds at Aarhus University researchers is exploring how parents and children influence each other when they interact, and the longer term impact this ...
Jan 25, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
An accident? Fijians view morals differently, study finds
Researchers from Brunel University London and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, report that indigenous Fijians judge actions more harshly than they judge intent, in contrast to the Indo-Fijian and North American ...
Jan 3, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Psychology team conducts research indicating that backward motion improves memory
A team of Roehampton academics from the Department of Psychology have conducted research showing that backwards movement, whether real or imaginary, can improve short-term memories of eyewitness information, word recall and ...
Nov 19, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
To dispel myths, redirect the belief, study says
Beliefs can be hard to change, even if they are scientifically wrong. But those on the fence about an idea can be swayed after hearing facts related to the misinformation, according to a study led by Princeton University.
Sep 24, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Even toddlers weigh risks, rewards when making choices
Every day, adults conduct cost-benefit analyses in some form for decisions large and small, economic and personal: Bring a lunch or go out? Buy or rent? Remain single or start a family? All are balances of risk and reward.
Sep 21, 2018
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Psychology & Psychiatry
How we explain the behavior of others depends on our beliefs about their 'true selves'
Why did they do that? It's a question we ask every day in attempting to understand the behavior of others and make meaning of the world around us. How we answer the question, however, varies depending on our moral attitudes ...
Aug 14, 2018
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