Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
Anomalous experiences in the general population are common.
Expert footballers may extract more information from a single glance.
Should juries be made up of fewer than twelve people?
Why don’t smart teens have sex?
Attempting to quit smoking without telling anyone is just as effective as making a public announcement.
Brain stimulation over Broca’s area differentially modulates naming skills in neurotypical adults and individuals with Asperger’s syndrome.
Agitated honeybees exhibit pessimistic cognitive biases.
Good mothers, bad thoughts: New mothers’ thoughts of intentionally harming their newborns.
A meta-analysis of interventions to reduce loneliness.
Working memory training and transfer in older adults.
Is there a sensitive period in human incest avoidance? (pdf)
The neural correlates of narcissism.
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[This post was compiled by Christian Jarrett for the BPS Research Digest.]
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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: Children's understanding of common psychological problems. Exposure to violent games and films makes us less likely to help others. Stalkers of royalty. Does the stereotype of single people...
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Eye-catching studies that I didn't get a chance to report on in full: The personality profile of people who get bullied at work. Adults with autism are better than healthy controls at dividing their attention. The biological basis of the nocebo...
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Other eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: Does a 6-month-old baby's temperament predict its character at age five? Explaining how human altruism evolved. How mood can affect taste. Should psychiatric diagnoses should...
- Does The Way Mothers Think About Their Difficult Children Matter?
Early findings have shown that the mothers of badly behaved young children think about their child’s behaviour in a characteristic way, tending to believe that their bad behaviour is intentional and has to do with the nature of the child rather than...
Neuroscience
Extras
Anomalous experiences in the general population are common.
Expert footballers may extract more information from a single glance.
Should juries be made up of fewer than twelve people?
Why don’t smart teens have sex?
Attempting to quit smoking without telling anyone is just as effective as making a public announcement.
Brain stimulation over Broca’s area differentially modulates naming skills in neurotypical adults and individuals with Asperger’s syndrome.
Agitated honeybees exhibit pessimistic cognitive biases.
Good mothers, bad thoughts: New mothers’ thoughts of intentionally harming their newborns.
A meta-analysis of interventions to reduce loneliness.
Working memory training and transfer in older adults.
Is there a sensitive period in human incest avoidance? (pdf)
The neural correlates of narcissism.
_________________________________
[This post was compiled by Christian Jarrett for the BPS Research Digest.]
- 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: Children's understanding of common psychological problems. Exposure to violent games and films makes us less likely to help others. Stalkers of royalty. Does the stereotype of single people...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that I didn't get a chance to report on in full: The personality profile of people who get bullied at work. Adults with autism are better than healthy controls at dividing their attention. The biological basis of the nocebo...
- Extras
Other eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: Does a 6-month-old baby's temperament predict its character at age five? Explaining how human altruism evolved. How mood can affect taste. Should psychiatric diagnoses should...
- Does The Way Mothers Think About Their Difficult Children Matter?
Early findings have shown that the mothers of badly behaved young children think about their child’s behaviour in a characteristic way, tending to believe that their bad behaviour is intentional and has to do with the nature of the child rather than...