Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
Danish study: 95-year-olds tested in 2010 had better cognitive functioning than 93-yr-olds tested a decade earlier.
Control groups in psychology don't take full account of the placebo effect. This paper uses research into the benefits of video games to show how important it is to match participants' expectations across treatment and control conditions that an intervention will work. (open access)
Men who score higher on psychopathy are better at lie detection; opposite pattern for women.
An fMRI study of inspirational coaching and mentoring.
Physical wounds heal faster in older adults who participate in expressive writing about upsetting events.
Greater cognitive deterioration in women than men with Alzheimer's disease: A meta analysis.
Does the 5-factor model of personality apply in Africa?
The use of images and graphs through psychology's history.
Rubber hand illusion - no stroking required. Expectation of contact with the rubber hand is enough to induce the illusion.
Further evidence against the theory that people with autism have a broken mirror neuron system.
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
- The Illusion That Gives You Sensations In A Rubber Tongue
Our sense of where our bodies begin and end usually feels consistent and reliable. However psychologists have been having fun for decades, exposing just how malleable the body concept can be. You may have heard of the "rubber hand illusion" (video). By...
- The Alien Awakened By A Rubber Hand
What happens if you administer a tactile illusion to a brain-damaged patient whose hand is out of their control? A team of researchers has done just that, figuring that illusions could offer new insights into complex neuropsychological disorders. The...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: A replication of the finding that positive psychology exercises boost happiness. The first documented case of congenital amusia in childhood. The idea of the "hot-hand" in sports is that after hitting...
- 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,...
- Magic Trick Fools Us But Not Our Eyes
The magician throws the ball twice into the air and catches it, then he throws it a third time and it vanishes! Of course, he’s really secreted the ball in the palm of his hand, so why do so many observers believe they’ve seen the ball vanish mid-flight?...
Neuroscience
Extras
Danish study: 95-year-olds tested in 2010 had better cognitive functioning than 93-yr-olds tested a decade earlier.
Control groups in psychology don't take full account of the placebo effect. This paper uses research into the benefits of video games to show how important it is to match participants' expectations across treatment and control conditions that an intervention will work. (open access)
Men who score higher on psychopathy are better at lie detection; opposite pattern for women.
An fMRI study of inspirational coaching and mentoring.
Physical wounds heal faster in older adults who participate in expressive writing about upsetting events.
Greater cognitive deterioration in women than men with Alzheimer's disease: A meta analysis.
Does the 5-factor model of personality apply in Africa?
The use of images and graphs through psychology's history.
Rubber hand illusion - no stroking required. Expectation of contact with the rubber hand is enough to induce the illusion.
Further evidence against the theory that people with autism have a broken mirror neuron system.
_________________________________
Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
- The Illusion That Gives You Sensations In A Rubber Tongue
Our sense of where our bodies begin and end usually feels consistent and reliable. However psychologists have been having fun for decades, exposing just how malleable the body concept can be. You may have heard of the "rubber hand illusion" (video). By...
- The Alien Awakened By A Rubber Hand
What happens if you administer a tactile illusion to a brain-damaged patient whose hand is out of their control? A team of researchers has done just that, figuring that illusions could offer new insights into complex neuropsychological disorders. The...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: A replication of the finding that positive psychology exercises boost happiness. The first documented case of congenital amusia in childhood. The idea of the "hot-hand" in sports is that after hitting...
- 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,...
- Magic Trick Fools Us But Not Our Eyes
The magician throws the ball twice into the air and catches it, then he throws it a third time and it vanishes! Of course, he’s really secreted the ball in the palm of his hand, so why do so many observers believe they’ve seen the ball vanish mid-flight?...