Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
A Systematic Review of Six Decades of Research in Psychopharmacology. Verdict: Huge improvements over time, but could still do better.
When exposed to scary stimuli, anxious people experience a more pronounced sense of time slowing down than do calmer people.
The man who lost his ability to see colours, but didn't know it. Or, in the scientific jargon: 'Anosognosia for cerebral achromatopsia'.
The neuroscience of human intelligence differences.
Women's faces judged more attractive when making eye contact rather than looking a way.
You know when the sun makes you sneeze? This study uses EEG to look at the neural basis of this phenomenon.
New Lancet review of the placebo effect.
'Touch establishes powerful physical and emotional connections between infants and their caregivers, and plays an essential role in development' Systematic review of infant massage.
Meta-analysis finds violent videogames can lead to increased aggression.
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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,...
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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...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Non-patients who hear voices. A light touch on the thigh boosts the handstand balance of gymnasts. American participants assign positive words and negative words to themselves in a 60:40 positively...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Attractive women tend to be happier, but only in cities, not the countryside. Near-conversational synthetic speech generated via brain-machine interface. Review of eight meta-analyses of psychodynamic...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Neurons identified that respond to scratching only when itchy. The psychophysics of brightness. People with autism and associated conditions may show deficits in emotion and face processing but...
Neuroscience
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:A Systematic Review of Six Decades of Research in Psychopharmacology. Verdict: Huge improvements over time, but could still do better.
When exposed to scary stimuli, anxious people experience a more pronounced sense of time slowing down than do calmer people.
The man who lost his ability to see colours, but didn't know it. Or, in the scientific jargon: 'Anosognosia for cerebral achromatopsia'.
The neuroscience of human intelligence differences.
Women's faces judged more attractive when making eye contact rather than looking a way.
You know when the sun makes you sneeze? This study uses EEG to look at the neural basis of this phenomenon.
New Lancet review of the placebo effect.
'Touch establishes powerful physical and emotional connections between infants and their caregivers, and plays an essential role in development' Systematic review of infant massage.
Meta-analysis finds violent videogames can lead to increased aggression.
- 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,...
- 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...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Non-patients who hear voices. A light touch on the thigh boosts the handstand balance of gymnasts. American participants assign positive words and negative words to themselves in a 60:40 positively...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Attractive women tend to be happier, but only in cities, not the countryside. Near-conversational synthetic speech generated via brain-machine interface. Review of eight meta-analyses of psychodynamic...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Neurons identified that respond to scratching only when itchy. The psychophysics of brightness. People with autism and associated conditions may show deficits in emotion and face processing but...