Neuroscience
This week I'm leaving my position as Research Digest editor. Taking one last look back at the archives, these were my ten most popular posts since Google started counting page views in 2007. What made these so popular do you think?
1. Jailed criminals think they're kinder and more trustworthy than average (from 2014).
2. Why do children hide by covering their eyes? (from 2012).
3. Want people to trust you? Try apologising for the rain (from 2013).
4. How walking through a doorway increases forgetting? (from 2011).
5. Why do humans walk in circles? (from 2012).
6. Childhood amnesia kicks in around age 7 (from 2014).
7. A study of suicide notes left by children and adolescents (from 2013).
8. Why are extraverts happier? (from 2014).
9. Systematic evidence of fake crying by a baby (from 2014).
10. Smiling fighters are more likely to lose (from 2013).
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Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
- Imagining Walking Through A Doorway Triggers Increased Forgetting
We've all had that experience of going purposefully from one room to another, only to get there and forget why we made the journey. Four years ago, researcher Gabriel Radvansky and his colleagues stripped this effect down, showing that the simple...
- Systematic Evidence Of Fake Crying By A Baby
Image: Tucia / FlickrCrying is an important survival behaviour for babies - the world is informed that they are in distress and need prompt attention. Many parents also describe what looks like fake crying by their infants. It seems as though the...
- Our 10 Most Popular Posts Of 2013
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- Please Vote For The Research Digest
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- The Top-5 Most Popular Posts On The Digest This Year
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Neuroscience
The ten most popular Research Digest posts of all time
This week I'm leaving my position as Research Digest editor. Taking one last look back at the archives, these were my ten most popular posts since Google started counting page views in 2007. What made these so popular do you think?
1. Jailed criminals think they're kinder and more trustworthy than average (from 2014).
2. Why do children hide by covering their eyes? (from 2012).
3. Want people to trust you? Try apologising for the rain (from 2013).
4. How walking through a doorway increases forgetting? (from 2011).
5. Why do humans walk in circles? (from 2012).
6. Childhood amnesia kicks in around age 7 (from 2014).
7. A study of suicide notes left by children and adolescents (from 2013).
8. Why are extraverts happier? (from 2014).
9. Systematic evidence of fake crying by a baby (from 2014).
10. Smiling fighters are more likely to lose (from 2013).
_________________________________
Post compiled by Christian Jarrett (@psych_writer) for the BPS Research Digest.
- Imagining Walking Through A Doorway Triggers Increased Forgetting
We've all had that experience of going purposefully from one room to another, only to get there and forget why we made the journey. Four years ago, researcher Gabriel Radvansky and his colleagues stripped this effect down, showing that the simple...
- Systematic Evidence Of Fake Crying By A Baby
Image: Tucia / FlickrCrying is an important survival behaviour for babies - the world is informed that they are in distress and need prompt attention. Many parents also describe what looks like fake crying by their infants. It seems as though the...
- Our 10 Most Popular Posts Of 2013
1. Want people to trust you? Try apologising for the rain. "Superfluous apologies represent a powerful and easy-to-use tool for social influence," the researchers said. "Even in the absence of culpability, individuals can increase trust and liking...
- Please Vote For The Research Digest
Friends, please consider voting for the BPS Research Digest in the inaugural Science Seeker Awards. Science Seeker is a fantastic website that aggregates all the world's science blogs in one place and organises them by topic. A panel of judges will...
- The Top-5 Most Popular Posts On The Digest This Year
I've reported on well over a hundred psychology studies this year, as well as publishing a variety of other posts and guest features. Can you guess which were the most popular, in terms of web-clicks? Here are the Digest top 5 posts for 2011: How...