Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
Women in the fertile phase of their menstrual cycle prefer bigger pupils - the kind found in eyes, not schools.
Belief in an essentialist ("ethnic") definition of nationality is linked with negative attitudes towards immigrants.
CBT for psychosis failed to show any advantage over treatment-as-usual when tested in actual routine practice.
The legacy of patient HM for neuroscience.
Tests for babies that predict their IQ in childhood.
A meta-analysis of studies into the effectiveness of psychological treatments for social anxiety.
The Lost Email technique: a way to uncover people's hidden discriminatory attitudes.
Abused children show an enhanced ability to recognise the facial expression of anger.
Gratitude linked with superior wellbeing, even after factoring in the influence of personality.
Suicide is more common in countries with lower average self-esteem.
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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: Women's brains change in size across the menstrual cycle. Do positive children become positive adults? Reminders of death lead people to want to name their children after themselves. 10- to...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Psychologists who study babies need to consider whether their little participants are weighed down with too much clothing or equipment. The executive secretarial task - an ecologically valid test...
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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 person's hand movements affect the way we perceive their facial expression. The neural mechanisms that may mediate the enormous influence of social status on human behavior and health. The...
Neuroscience
Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:Women in the fertile phase of their menstrual cycle prefer bigger pupils - the kind found in eyes, not schools.
Belief in an essentialist ("ethnic") definition of nationality is linked with negative attitudes towards immigrants.
CBT for psychosis failed to show any advantage over treatment-as-usual when tested in actual routine practice.
The legacy of patient HM for neuroscience.
Tests for babies that predict their IQ in childhood.
A meta-analysis of studies into the effectiveness of psychological treatments for social anxiety.
The Lost Email technique: a way to uncover people's hidden discriminatory attitudes.
Abused children show an enhanced ability to recognise the facial expression of anger.
Gratitude linked with superior wellbeing, even after factoring in the influence of personality.
Suicide is more common in countries with lower average self-esteem.
- 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: Women's brains change in size across the menstrual cycle. Do positive children become positive adults? Reminders of death lead people to want to name their children after themselves. 10- to...
- Extras
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Psychologists who study babies need to consider whether their little participants are weighed down with too much clothing or equipment. The executive secretarial task - an ecologically valid test...
- 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 person's hand movements affect the way we perceive their facial expression. The neural mechanisms that may mediate the enormous influence of social status on human behavior and health. The...