Watching YouTube videos, Instagram demos, and Facebook tutorials may make us feel as though we're acquiring all sorts of new skills but it probably won't make us experts, according to research published in Psychological Science, ...
Mar 8, 2018
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People express greater approval for political outcomes as soon as those outcomes transition from being anticipated to being actual, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association ...
Feb 26, 2018
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There's nothing wrong with being a little weird. Because we think of psychological disorders on a continuum, we may worry when our own ways of thinking and behaving don't match up with our idealized notion of health. But ...
Feb 20, 2018
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There is an optimal point to how much money it takes to make an individual happy, and that amount varies worldwide, according to research from Purdue University.
Feb 13, 2018
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Exposure to air pollution, even imagining exposure to air pollution, may lead to unethical behavior, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. A combination ...
Feb 7, 2018
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As part of its promotion of greater transparency and the assessment of rigor in psychological science, the American Psychological Association has released new Journal Article Reporting Standards for researchers seeking to ...
Jan 18, 2018
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Researchers at The University of Western Australia have discovered that a psychological illusion could be making people think they are thinner than they actually are.
Jan 10, 2018
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Virtual assistants have become increasingly sophisticated—and more humanlike—since the days when Clippy asked if you needed help with your document. These assistants are intended to make programs and apps easier to use, ...
Jan 4, 2018
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Most people think of vision as simply a function of information the eye gathers - what the eye alone sees.
Jan 3, 2018
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Simply thinking about potential infection seems to increase people's concerns about their own physical appearance, especially if they are chronic germ worriers, according to new research in Psychological Science. The findings ...
Dec 18, 2017
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