Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
"In two experiments we showed that exposure to an incidental black and white visual contrast leads people to think in a 'black and white' manner"
Evolutionary explanations of cognitive biases [open access]
Body shaping influences brain shape.
Experiencing social exclusion inspires people to take greater financial risks.
Passengers show a bias for choosing seats on the left side of aeroplanes (compared with a right-sided bias in half-empty cinemas).
Interviews with a pair of identical male twins - one of whom is transgender, the other isn't.
Children with autism spectrum disorder are more trusting than typically developing children.
Sun-induced frowning fosters aggressive feelings.
Men, but not women, rate female narcissistic leaders as less effective than male narcissistic leaders.
"it may occasionally be ethical to encourage some degree of optimistic bias, and perhaps even positive illusion, when treating patients in psychotherapy"
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: People like their bosses to have high emotional intelligence, even more than high IQ. Also: "participants favoured young, male bosses and old, female bosses over old, male bosses and young, female...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Psychodynamic psychotherapy for children and adolescents: a critical review of the evidence base. [open access] Why men and women dehumanize sexually objectified women. "According to our findings,...
- Walking In Other People's Digital Shoes Could Back-fire
They say you should walk a mile in a person's shoes before judging them. Virtual reality technology offers this possibility by allowing us to control a digital representation of another person. Unfortunately, the first ever investigation of racial...
- Novelty Seekers Are Biased To The Right
Most people show a slight bias to the left-hand side of space. In other words, presented with a horizontal line and asked to identify its midway point, most of us will mark a position slightly too far to the left. Increasingly, however, research is showing...
- Learned Fear Of People Who Are Different
Some people are predisposed to fearing those whose skin colour is different from their own, in much the same way they are predisposed to fearing snakes and spiders. Andreas Olsson and colleagues presented participants with two photos, one of a black male...
Neuroscience
Extras
"In two experiments we showed that exposure to an incidental black and white visual contrast leads people to think in a 'black and white' manner"
Evolutionary explanations of cognitive biases [open access]
Body shaping influences brain shape.
Experiencing social exclusion inspires people to take greater financial risks.
Passengers show a bias for choosing seats on the left side of aeroplanes (compared with a right-sided bias in half-empty cinemas).
Interviews with a pair of identical male twins - one of whom is transgender, the other isn't.
Children with autism spectrum disorder are more trusting than typically developing children.
Sun-induced frowning fosters aggressive feelings.
Men, but not women, rate female narcissistic leaders as less effective than male narcissistic leaders.
"it may occasionally be ethical to encourage some degree of optimistic bias, and perhaps even positive illusion, when treating patients in psychotherapy"
_________________________________
Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: People like their bosses to have high emotional intelligence, even more than high IQ. Also: "participants favoured young, male bosses and old, female bosses over old, male bosses and young, female...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Psychodynamic psychotherapy for children and adolescents: a critical review of the evidence base. [open access] Why men and women dehumanize sexually objectified women. "According to our findings,...
- Walking In Other People's Digital Shoes Could Back-fire
They say you should walk a mile in a person's shoes before judging them. Virtual reality technology offers this possibility by allowing us to control a digital representation of another person. Unfortunately, the first ever investigation of racial...
- Novelty Seekers Are Biased To The Right
Most people show a slight bias to the left-hand side of space. In other words, presented with a horizontal line and asked to identify its midway point, most of us will mark a position slightly too far to the left. Increasingly, however, research is showing...
- Learned Fear Of People Who Are Different
Some people are predisposed to fearing those whose skin colour is different from their own, in much the same way they are predisposed to fearing snakes and spiders. Andreas Olsson and colleagues presented participants with two photos, one of a black male...