Neuroscience
Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: What do we mean when we say a public figure has integrity? Ageing associated with a deficit in recognising hand gestures (even when other cognition remains intact). What clinical psychologists...
- Why Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals
Psychologists at New York University say they've found the answer to why people with right wing political views are happier than left-leaning liberals (as previously indicated by survey research). In short, conservatives are less upset by inequality...
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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...
- Women Have A Superior Memory For Faces
Women are better at remembering faces than men, probably because they're more interested in social aspects of the world than men are. That's according to Jenny Rehnman and Agneta Herlitz who presented 212 Swedish men and women with 60 faces to...
- An Ignoring Impairment
As part of the normal ageing process, some older people show an impairment in their ability to ignore information that is irrelevant to the task at hand, but their ability to enhance processing of relative stimuli remains intact. Adam Gazzaley (pictured)...
Neuroscience
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:Taking supplements of creatine aids cognition in the elderly.
Comparing the brain activity of liberals and conservatives using EEG.
Expert hikers were better than novice hikers at remembering mountain scenes, but only when those scenes had meaningful features, indicating possible actions that could be taken or dangers that could be faced.
We perceive familiar faces to be happier and less angry than unfamiliar faces.
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: What do we mean when we say a public figure has integrity? Ageing associated with a deficit in recognising hand gestures (even when other cognition remains intact). What clinical psychologists...
- Why Conservatives Are Happier Than Liberals
Psychologists at New York University say they've found the answer to why people with right wing political views are happier than left-leaning liberals (as previously indicated by survey research). In short, conservatives are less upset by inequality...
- 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...
- Women Have A Superior Memory For Faces
Women are better at remembering faces than men, probably because they're more interested in social aspects of the world than men are. That's according to Jenny Rehnman and Agneta Herlitz who presented 212 Swedish men and women with 60 faces to...
- An Ignoring Impairment
As part of the normal ageing process, some older people show an impairment in their ability to ignore information that is irrelevant to the task at hand, but their ability to enhance processing of relative stimuli remains intact. Adam Gazzaley (pictured)...