Neuroscience
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 bosses."
Using psychology to improve Powerpoint presentations (open access).
"Sustained violent video game play was significantly related to steeper increases in adolescents' trajectory of aggressive behavior over time"
Percepts to recollections: insights about memory functioning from single neuron recordings in the human brain (open access).
Can people tell whether abstract art is hanging the right way up or not?
Watching the Biggest Loser diet TV show risks increasing obesity stigma.
Using horses as an animal model of human depression.
We prefer product packaging that's rounded rather than straight-edged.
Anger really is linked with the colour red in our minds.
Younger people prefer "saving the best for last" more than older people.
Is low self-esteem a risk-factor for depression?
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett for the BPS Research Digest.
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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...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: People look younger when they smile. Narcissism comes in three different flavours - vulnerable, grandiose and aggressive. We eat more when different food types are presented on a plate separately,...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: College students aren't very accurate at judging how drunk they are. The effects of weather on walking rates in nine cities. "Hey Mom, What’s on Your Facebook? Comparing Facebook Disclosure...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Thermal imaging as a lie detection tool at airports. 'In comparison to their younger counterparts, older adults generally reported and expressed greater sympathy while observing the target persons'...
- You Hunky Smile Magnet
It seems beauty isn’t all in the eye of the beholder after all. Researchers have shown women rate a man as more attractive after they’ve seen another woman smiling at him. By contrast, being a jealous bunch, male observers rate a man as less attractive...
Neuroscience
Extras
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 bosses."
Using psychology to improve Powerpoint presentations (open access).
"Sustained violent video game play was significantly related to steeper increases in adolescents' trajectory of aggressive behavior over time"
Percepts to recollections: insights about memory functioning from single neuron recordings in the human brain (open access).
Can people tell whether abstract art is hanging the right way up or not?
Watching the Biggest Loser diet TV show risks increasing obesity stigma.
Using horses as an animal model of human depression.
We prefer product packaging that's rounded rather than straight-edged.
Anger really is linked with the colour red in our minds.
Younger people prefer "saving the best for last" more than older people.
Is low self-esteem a risk-factor for depression?
_________________________________
Post compiled by Christian Jarrett for the BPS Research Digest.
- Extras
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...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: People look younger when they smile. Narcissism comes in three different flavours - vulnerable, grandiose and aggressive. We eat more when different food types are presented on a plate separately,...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: College students aren't very accurate at judging how drunk they are. The effects of weather on walking rates in nine cities. "Hey Mom, What’s on Your Facebook? Comparing Facebook Disclosure...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Thermal imaging as a lie detection tool at airports. 'In comparison to their younger counterparts, older adults generally reported and expressed greater sympathy while observing the target persons'...
- You Hunky Smile Magnet
It seems beauty isn’t all in the eye of the beholder after all. Researchers have shown women rate a man as more attractive after they’ve seen another woman smiling at him. By contrast, being a jealous bunch, male observers rate a man as less attractive...