Neuroscience
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut:
Women are more likely to dress to impress when they are near ovulation.
In everyday language people use the term 'schizophrenic' to refer to someone with a split personality, despite the fact the illness schizophrenia has nothing to do with having two personalities. Why did this come about?
Chimpanzees deceive a human by hiding.
Do you know about the socio-political approach within UK clinical psychology? This study investigates what trainee clinical psychologists think about it.
How do children learn to bargain?
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10 eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: We perceive people we trust as more physically similar to ourselves "Cougars on the prowl? New perceptions of older women's sexuality" Using magic tricks to explore the psychology of insight....
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: The newborn infant: a missing stage in developmental psychology. I can't believe this isn't wood! An investigation in the perception of naturalness. Chemical signal in women's tears...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut: Scanning the brains of anorexia patients while they view their own bodies and other people's. Their neural activity is regular when they look at other people's bodies, but unusual when they...
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Eye-catching studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: Breast feeding does not affect children's intelligence. Elephants recognise themselves in the mirror. Most psychologists asked to share their data failed to do so (PDF). The stigmatisation...
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Left Overs
Studies that didn't make the final cut this fortnight: Evidence-based guidelines have little influence on the clinical practice of psychotherapists and clinical psychologists. Straight men were more likely to accept an unfair cash offer in a game...
Neuroscience