Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
Cognitive therapy for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders not taking antipsychotic drugs: a single-blind randomised controlled trial [expert reactions here].
Towards a Taxonomy of Common Factors in Psychotherapy—Results of an Expert Survey.
Why does asking questions change health behaviours?
Height, social comparison, and paranoia: An immersive virtual reality experimental study
"Christians Are Happier, More Socially Connected, and Less Analytical Than Atheists on Twitter"
Overhead mobile phone calls are not always annoying.
Scent-evoked nostalgia.
Social brains on drugs: tools for neuromodulation in social neuroscience.
"compared to women, men were significantly more likely to report [nightmare] themes involving disaster/calamity" [pdf]
"Three studies explored whether social power affects the perception of physical properties of objects" [pdf]
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
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Neuroscience
Extras
Cognitive therapy for people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders not taking antipsychotic drugs: a single-blind randomised controlled trial [expert reactions here].
Towards a Taxonomy of Common Factors in Psychotherapy—Results of an Expert Survey.
Why does asking questions change health behaviours?
Height, social comparison, and paranoia: An immersive virtual reality experimental study
"Christians Are Happier, More Socially Connected, and Less Analytical Than Atheists on Twitter"
Overhead mobile phone calls are not always annoying.
Scent-evoked nostalgia.
Social brains on drugs: tools for neuromodulation in social neuroscience.
"compared to women, men were significantly more likely to report [nightmare] themes involving disaster/calamity" [pdf]
"Three studies explored whether social power affects the perception of physical properties of objects" [pdf]
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
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We trawl the world's journals so you don't have to: Animal minds: from computation to evolution (Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: B). Basic Number Processing and Mathematics Achievement (special section, Mind, Brain and Education)....
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To coincide with the Mental Health Month Blog Party organised by the APA, I've collated some highlights from our coverage of mental health issues here at the BPS Research Digest. What is mental illness? In 2010 I reported on a Psychological Medicine...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: How many neurons do you REALLY have? Some dogmas of quantitative neuroscience. Smiley faces are perceived to be brighter, literally. Don't tell Sarkozy - people in power overestimate their own...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: The science of stepping off a kerb. Women's telephone calls last longer than men's. What's it like to live with parents who have OCD? Appealing to a sense of common humanity among...
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