Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
Asch experiment replicated with 6-year-old kids.
Still got it? What happens to narcissists' personalities when they get older?
Depressive realism research. Mild depression (but not moderate) linked with greater insight into one's own memory performance.
Teens who completed exercises focusing on their strengths showed boosts to their life satisfaction.
A taxonomy of kids' cries: "Screaming, yelling, whining, and crying: Categorical and intensity differences in vocal expressions of anger and sadness in children's tantrums"
Relevant to the Norwegian killer? The psychology of lone-wolf terrorism.
Seems obvious. Bored employees more likely to indulge in horseplay and other counter-productive behaviours at work.
Evidence for increased aggression in breast-feeding mothers.
No it can't. “Can It Read My Mind?” – What Do the Public and Experts Think of the Current (Mis)Uses of Neuroimaging?
Come on the Seagulls! Chanting football spectators show heightened aggression after a game, compared with non-chanters.
Emotions in music: "The results show that six basic emotions are perceivable in musical segments previously unknown to the listeners".
50 years on ... mental distress linked to the Nagasaki bomb.
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Post written by Christian Jarrett for the BPS Research Digest.
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: A longitudinal study of children's text messaging and literacy development. First ever mapping of women's genitals as represented in the sensory cortex of the female brain. "Vaginal, clitoral,...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Our dreams lose their colour as we get older. (see earlier item on the Digest). Infant whining is uniquely distracting, even more than machine noise (pdf). For Fun, Love, or Money: What Drives...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Is exposure therapy appropriate for use with older adults? 'The current case study details a course of prolonged exposure (PE) therapy in an 88-year-old, World War II veteran, diagnosed with...
- Differences In The Way Teen And Adult Mothers Respond To Baby Cries
Teenage mothers don't respond in the same way physiologically as adult mothers do to the sound of babies crying. That's according to Jennifer Giardino and colleagues who say the difference is probably due to the neural immaturity of the teenage...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: Breast feeding does not affect children's intelligence. Elephants recognise themselves in the mirror. Most psychologists asked to share their data failed to do so (PDF). The stigmatisation...
Neuroscience
Extras
Asch experiment replicated with 6-year-old kids.
Still got it? What happens to narcissists' personalities when they get older?
Depressive realism research. Mild depression (but not moderate) linked with greater insight into one's own memory performance.
Teens who completed exercises focusing on their strengths showed boosts to their life satisfaction.
A taxonomy of kids' cries: "Screaming, yelling, whining, and crying: Categorical and intensity differences in vocal expressions of anger and sadness in children's tantrums"
Relevant to the Norwegian killer? The psychology of lone-wolf terrorism.
Seems obvious. Bored employees more likely to indulge in horseplay and other counter-productive behaviours at work.
Evidence for increased aggression in breast-feeding mothers.
No it can't. “Can It Read My Mind?” – What Do the Public and Experts Think of the Current (Mis)Uses of Neuroimaging?
Come on the Seagulls! Chanting football spectators show heightened aggression after a game, compared with non-chanters.
Emotions in music: "The results show that six basic emotions are perceivable in musical segments previously unknown to the listeners".
50 years on ... mental distress linked to the Nagasaki bomb.
--
Post written by Christian Jarrett for the BPS Research Digest.
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: A longitudinal study of children's text messaging and literacy development. First ever mapping of women's genitals as represented in the sensory cortex of the female brain. "Vaginal, clitoral,...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Our dreams lose their colour as we get older. (see earlier item on the Digest). Infant whining is uniquely distracting, even more than machine noise (pdf). For Fun, Love, or Money: What Drives...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Is exposure therapy appropriate for use with older adults? 'The current case study details a course of prolonged exposure (PE) therapy in an 88-year-old, World War II veteran, diagnosed with...
- Differences In The Way Teen And Adult Mothers Respond To Baby Cries
Teenage mothers don't respond in the same way physiologically as adult mothers do to the sound of babies crying. That's according to Jennifer Giardino and colleagues who say the difference is probably due to the neural immaturity of the teenage...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: Breast feeding does not affect children's intelligence. Elephants recognise themselves in the mirror. Most psychologists asked to share their data failed to do so (PDF). The stigmatisation...