Psychology & Psychiatry
Blushing anxiety could become a thing of the past
Researchers at Murdoch University have been the first to investigate the underlying psychological mechanisms that leads to a fear of blushing.
Feb 14, 2017
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News tagged with psychological mechanisms
Medications
Re-framing the placebo effect and informed consent
(Medical Xpress)—Imagine that your doctor knows from evidence-based studies that if he tells you about certain, small side-effects to a particular drug, you are significantly more likely to experience that side effect than ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
The memories of near death experiences: More real than reality?
University of Liege researchers have demonstrated that the physiological mechanisms triggered during NDE lead to a more vivid perception not only of imagined events in the history of an individual but also of real events ...
Mar 28, 2013
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Neuroscience
Theta brainwaves reflect ability to beat built-in bias
Vertebrates are predisposed to act to gain rewards, and to lay low to avoid punishment. Try to teach chickens to back away from food in order to obtain it, and you'll fail, as researchers did in 1986. But (some) humans are ...
May 7, 2013
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Neuroscience
What if consciousness is just a product of our non-conscious brain?
As the very word used to describe it has been "worn smooth by a million tongues", consciousness is a fertile topic for confusion. We all know what it is to be conscious. It is, basically, being aware of and responding to ...
Dec 21, 2018
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Neuroscience
How visual attention affects the brain
New work at the University of California, Davis, shows for the first time how visual attention affects activity in specific brain cells. The paper, published June 26 in the journal Nature, shows that attention increases the ...
Jun 26, 2013
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Genetics
What impact does epigenetics have on our psychology?
In the battle of nature versus nurture, nurture has a new recruit: epigenetics—brought in from molecular biology to give scientific heft to the argument that genes are not destiny. The overwhelming evidence for genetic ...
Jan 24, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Inner speech speaks volumes about the brain
Whether you're reading the paper or thinking through your schedule for the day, chances are that you're hearing yourself speak even if you're not saying words out loud. This internal speech—the monologue you "hear" inside ...
Jul 16, 2013
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Why does performance deteriorate under pressure?
Experts such as pianists, athletes and surgeons acquire their skills through extensive practice. However, the neurophysiological and psychological mechanisms that underlie the problem of making mistakes due to psychological ...
Jan 6, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Behaviour is considered more moral the more common it is
Is it less wrong to avoid tax if everyone else is doing it? A new study from Karolinska Institutet demonstrates that our view of what is morally right or wrong is shaped by how widespread a particular behaviour is. The results, ...
Sep 12, 2017
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