Neuroscience
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, rather than mixed in together.
"The findings challenge society's presumption that male teachers have better relationships with boys than women teachers".
7-month-olds chunk items in memory.
What do Americans mean when they describe someone as "cool"?
Cognitive training increases openness to experience in older adults.
Having autistic traits is associated with having reduced belief in God.
"The personalities of nations that are geographical neighbours are more similar than those that are far apart"
Young Korean men with finger ratios indicative of more pre-natal testosterone exposure (short second digit relative to fourth digit) are more likely to choose the marine corps for their military service.
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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: The pursuit of happiness can be lonely. Working memory training does not improve intelligence in healthy young adults. The anti-Mozart effect? Fast and loud background music [by Mozart] disrupts...
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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...
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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,...
- Fetal Exposure To Testosterone Linked With Presence Of Autistic Traits In Childhood
The idea that autism may be the manifestation of an "extreme male brain" has received support from a study showing that higher levels of fetal exposure to testosterone are associated with the later presence of autistic traits in childhood. Bonnie Auyeung...
- Training Fails To Teach Teachers How To Recognise Depression
Suicide is the second most common cause of death among 15 to 24-year-olds in England and Wales, so it’s vital depressed teenagers are identified and helped as soon as possible. Unfortunately, distinguishing the irritability, social withdrawal and cognitive...
Neuroscience
Extras
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, rather than mixed in together.
"The findings challenge society's presumption that male teachers have better relationships with boys than women teachers".
7-month-olds chunk items in memory.
What do Americans mean when they describe someone as "cool"?
Cognitive training increases openness to experience in older adults.
Having autistic traits is associated with having reduced belief in God.
"The personalities of nations that are geographical neighbours are more similar than those that are far apart"
Young Korean men with finger ratios indicative of more pre-natal testosterone exposure (short second digit relative to fourth digit) are more likely to choose the marine corps for their military service.
_________________________________
Post compiled by Christian Jarrett for the BPS Research Digest.
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: The pursuit of happiness can be lonely. Working memory training does not improve intelligence in healthy young adults. The anti-Mozart effect? Fast and loud background music [by Mozart] disrupts...
- 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,...
- Fetal Exposure To Testosterone Linked With Presence Of Autistic Traits In Childhood
The idea that autism may be the manifestation of an "extreme male brain" has received support from a study showing that higher levels of fetal exposure to testosterone are associated with the later presence of autistic traits in childhood. Bonnie Auyeung...
- Training Fails To Teach Teachers How To Recognise Depression
Suicide is the second most common cause of death among 15 to 24-year-olds in England and Wales, so it’s vital depressed teenagers are identified and helped as soon as possible. Unfortunately, distinguishing the irritability, social withdrawal and cognitive...