Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
The simple act of stepping backwards seems to boost people's cognitive control, as measured by the Stroop test. More evidence for the embodiment of cognition.
The objectification of women - as happened with Sarah Palin during last year's American Presidential Election - leads them to be judged as less competent and less human.
The psychological profile of vicious dog owners. You might want to avoid inviting them round for tea.
"We argue that praying to God is an intersubjective experience comparable to ‘normal’ interpersonal interaction". Brain imaging evidence that religious folk really do believe they're talking to someone when they pray.
Perception of biological motion may be altered in young children with autism. Deficit could play a role in later socio-emotional problems.
Does bribing people to live more healthily actually work?
More evidence for the effectiveness of dialectical behavioural therapy in helping people with borderline personality disorder.
Assessing the personality profile of professional comedians. They're not all neurotic extraverts, apparently.
We make the mistake of thinking that a person will be more likely to remember important information when that information's importance was only realised at a later date. Researchers dub this the Scooter Libby Effect.
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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: Children's understanding of transfer of ownership. Using the implicit association test to change, rather than simply measure, people's attitudes. Baby-faced politicians deemed to be less...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Psychological factors influencing how people caught up in the Kosovo war were affected by it. How people with social phobia see themselves. You probably saw this one in the news: the blind man who...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: A profile of 50 women who developed an eating disorder at the age of 40 or older. Are you conducting research on emotion? Need some musical samples for evoking sadness, happiness, fear or peace?...
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Other new research and reviews of note: Why extraverts are happier than introverts. The use of toys in clinical interviews with children. A behaviourist criticism of the DSM manual. A quick guide to Tourette's. And see here. The effect on kids of...
Neuroscience
Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:The simple act of stepping backwards seems to boost people's cognitive control, as measured by the Stroop test. More evidence for the embodiment of cognition.
The objectification of women - as happened with Sarah Palin during last year's American Presidential Election - leads them to be judged as less competent and less human.
The psychological profile of vicious dog owners. You might want to avoid inviting them round for tea.
"We argue that praying to God is an intersubjective experience comparable to ‘normal’ interpersonal interaction". Brain imaging evidence that religious folk really do believe they're talking to someone when they pray.
Perception of biological motion may be altered in young children with autism. Deficit could play a role in later socio-emotional problems.
Does bribing people to live more healthily actually work?
More evidence for the effectiveness of dialectical behavioural therapy in helping people with borderline personality disorder.
Assessing the personality profile of professional comedians. They're not all neurotic extraverts, apparently.
We make the mistake of thinking that a person will be more likely to remember important information when that information's importance was only realised at a later date. Researchers dub this the Scooter Libby Effect.
- 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: Children's understanding of transfer of ownership. Using the implicit association test to change, rather than simply measure, people's attitudes. Baby-faced politicians deemed to be less...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Psychological factors influencing how people caught up in the Kosovo war were affected by it. How people with social phobia see themselves. You probably saw this one in the news: the blind man who...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: A profile of 50 women who developed an eating disorder at the age of 40 or older. Are you conducting research on emotion? Need some musical samples for evoking sadness, happiness, fear or peace?...
- Link-fest
Other new research and reviews of note: Why extraverts are happier than introverts. The use of toys in clinical interviews with children. A behaviourist criticism of the DSM manual. A quick guide to Tourette's. And see here. The effect on kids of...