Psychology & Psychiatry
People prefer explanations that refer to a more fundamental science, study says
Why do some science news stories catch our eye, even if they use exaggerated, irrelevant or inaccurate information?
Aug 15, 2016
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Cognition
Neuroscience
Illusion allows people to 'feel' a force field around their body
Neuroscientists based in Stockholm, Sweden, have found that they can make people 'feel' the space immediately around them, with participants describing the sensation as if they have a 'force field' surrounding them.
Jul 8, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
New evidence reveals powerful role of experience in linking language and cognition in infants
Even before infants understand their first words, they have already begun to link language and thought. Listening to language boosts infant cognition. New evidence provides even greater insight into the crucial role of language ...
May 23, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Do we judge distance based on how a word sounds?
Marketers and brand managers responsible for naming new products should be interested to learn that people associate certain sounds with nearness and others with distance, say researchers from the University of Toronto, whose ...
Apr 18, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Babies will 'deal with the devil'—when the price is right
Turns out everyone does have a price—even babies.
Apr 6, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Do we have free will?
Arriving home from work to find your partner toiling away in the kitchen, odds are you'll jump in and help. That's human nature. But if you're flat out ordered to help? That's a different story.
Mar 1, 2016
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Neuroscience
Anxiety can impact people's walking direction
People experiencing anxiety and inhibition have more activity in the right side of the brain, causing them to walk in a leftward trajectory.
Jan 19, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Our environment shapes our language
In a series of experiments recently published in Cognition, researchers from Interacting Minds Centre at Aarhus University, Peer Christensen, Riccardo Fusaroli and Kristian Tylén, show that novel communication systems reflect ...
Sep 30, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why do people feel 'a rose by any other name' wouldn't fit as well?
Words are symbols that help humans communicate. The link between words and what they refer to is, with very few exceptions, arbitrary. Many of the words that we currently use ("table," "dog," "mug," etc) could easily have ...
Sep 23, 2015
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Does aging affect decision making?
Aging is associated with significant decline in cognitive functions. But does this translate into poorer decision making? Psychologists from the University of Basel and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development report ...
Jun 1, 2015
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