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Lower Class Experiences Compassion More Easily Individuals from a lower class background recognize suffering and experience compassion more quickly than their upper class counterparts. Continue reading Lower Class Experiences Compassion More Easily
Twitter Study Shows Global Mood Swings Tweets reveal universal patterns in mood. Continue reading Twitter Study Shows Global Mood Swings
Does Facebook Put Teens at Risk for Depression? The American Academy of Pediatrics cautions parents about social media dangers. Continue reading Does Facebook Put Teens at Risk for Depression?
Observing Actions May Create False Memories Researchers already knew that imagining an event may later on result in “remembering†it. But now they have found that incidents like these can be explained by another phenomena in which false memories are created simply be seeing someone else do something. Continue reading Observing Actions May Create False Memories
The Connection Between Autism And Contagious Yawning Research finds children with autism are less likely to experience contagious yawning. Continue reading The Connection Between Autism And Contagious Yawning
Social Relationships Key To Long Life The size of your social network may play a key role in determining how long you'll live shows a meta-analysis published in the journal PLoS Medicine this week. Researchers combined the results of 148 studies spanning four continents and covering mortality and social relationships. They found a "50% increased likelihood of survival for participants with stronger social relationships." Continue reading Social Relationships Key To Long Life
Most Psych Research Totally WEIRD Chances are if you're reading this, you're WEIRD. That is, an individual from one of the Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich and Democratic populations that make up a whopping 96 percent of social science research subjects. Continue reading Most Psych Research Totally WEIRD
Twitter Triggers Bonding Hormone Using sites like Facebook and Twitter may lead to an increase in the hormone responsible for human bonding, suggests new research. Continue reading Twitter Triggers Bonding Hormone
Science Shows Couples Really Do Start To Look Alike Do couples really start to look alike the longer they are together? Scientists say yes. A 2006 study found that the longer a couple had been together, the more likely it was that others perceived similarities in appearance and personality. Now new research by University of Michigan psychologist Robert Zajonc confirms these surprising findings. Continue reading Science Shows Couples Really Do Start To Look Alike
Male Voice Reveals Physical Prowress Study finds humans can easily estimate physical strength and health from the sound of a man's voice. Continue reading Male Voice Reveals Physical Prowress
Smile -- You'll Live Longer Smiling can elevate your mood, make you more attractive to others and even boost your immune system. But can it also make you live longer? Continue reading Smile -- You'll Live Longer
What Do Happy People Talk About? Bobby McFerrin may have been wrong when he sang, "Don't worry, be happy." A new study shows that people who tackle heavy topics in daily conversation actually report higher levels of happiness than those who keep it light. Continue reading What Do Happy People Talk About?
Why Some Kids Don't Fit In Researchers pinpoint key factors that may make social interaction difficult for children. Continue reading Why Some Kids Don't Fit In
The End of Social Television Viewing? Watching television together is quickly becoming a social activity of the past. Continue reading The End of Social Television Viewing?
Renters Just As Happy As Homeowners Research from the height of the housing boom shows that homeowners are neither happier nor more involved in their communities compared to renters. Continue reading Renters Just As Happy As Homeowners
Facebook's Connection To Bad Grades Students who use Facebook spend less time studying and have lower grades. Continue reading Facebook's Connection To Bad Grades
Researchers Examine Connection Between Rap Music and Sexism Sexist rap music may not cause sexist ideas, but it can reinforce pre-existing beliefs, shows a new study. Continue reading Researchers Examine Connection Between Rap Music and Sexism
Television Enforces Racial Stereotypes A study on television viewing shows that the way Latinos are depicted may affect viewers' racial stereotypes. University of Arizona researchers exposed white subjects to television clips that depicted Latinos in flattering and unflattering ways. Continue reading Television Enforces Racial Stereotypes
PsychBriefs: February 10-16, 2008 Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Continue reading PsychBriefs: February 10-16, 2008
PsychBriefs: November 25-December 1, 2007 Our weekly wrap-up of news, interesting research, and noteworthy happenings in the worlds of psychiatry, psychology, and social work. Continue reading PsychBriefs: November 25-December 1, 2007
Infants Show Preference for Altruism Are we born samaritans? New research from Yale University suggests infants as young as six months old show a preference towards people whose actions make them "helpers" and not "hinderers." Continue reading Infants Show Preference for Altruism
Loneliness Alters Genes Related to Immunity Prior research has shown being lonely means an increased risk for health problems such as Alzheimer's and heart disease. Now a new study shows social isolation actually causes changes in genes related to inflammation and immune system activity. Dr. Steven ... Continue reading Loneliness Alters Genes Related to Immunity
You are What Your Friends and Family Eat If you've noticed you're having trouble fitting into your jeans lately, look to your friends and family--odds they've been packing on the pounds too. According to a study released in the July 26 edition of The New England Journal of Medicine, your chances o... Continue reading You are What Your Friends and Family Eat
Belief In Status Quo Helps Some Shirk Social Responsibility Life's not fair. For some kids, the old parental adage only becomes truer with time as they become aware of worldwide inequities in areas such as hunger, education, gender, healthcare. Others, it seems, have an easier time accepting the status quo as fair ... Continue reading Belief In Status Quo Helps Some Shirk Social Responsibility
New Research on Happiness Says Life Events Do Matter Popular psychological wisdom that says rich or poor, lucky or unlucky, individual happiness is stuck around a set point that merely fluctuates with good and bad events only to return to that point is wrong, according to a new study on human happiness. Rathe... Continue reading New Research on Happiness Says Life Events Do Matter
The Limits of Compassion: Why Sympathy Alone Won't Prevent Genocide Conceptualizing of large numbers of deaths and other atrocities is overwhelming. Logic tells us that the death of 100,000 people is more tragic than the death of 100, but does the increase really produce any change in emotion--or even the expected change of... Continue reading The Limits of Compassion: Why Sympathy Alone Won't Prevent Genocide
Choosy Daters Win More Hearts Just in time for Valentine's Day, Northwestern University researchers have some simple but scientifically proven dating advice: Be picky! Studying speed daters who met with a slew of potential partners for just four minutes each, they found that people wh... Continue reading Choosy Daters Win More Hearts
Do the Powerful Lack Empathy? Why do Stanford, Northwestern and NYU researchers have experimental subjects scribbling letters on their foreheads? It's a study in power--and the possibility that powerful people lose the ability to see things from someone else's perspective. After being ... Continue reading Do the Powerful Lack Empathy?
Body Image Gap Between White and Black Women May Be Narrowing The gap in body image that has long thought to exist between black and white American women may be narrowing in one respect: dissatisfaction with weight. A University of Indiana meta-analysis of more than 50 studies dating back to 1966 shows that overall, ... Continue reading Body Image Gap Between White and Black Women May Be Narrowing
Article: Intimacy Isn't for Everyone While therapy frequently aims at building intimate relationships, for some patients lacking other psychological problems, solitude may be a valid preference. Read more: Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle: For Some People, Intimacy Is Toxic ... Continue reading Article: Intimacy Isn't for Everyone
'The mere presence of money changes people' A series of experiments conducted by University of Minnesota researcher Katherine Vohs show that money not only causes people to work harder toward their own goals--but also to distance themselves from others. When primed with pictures or thoughts of money... Continue reading 'The mere presence of money changes people'
Study Probes 'Compulsive' Internet Use A study by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers published in CNS Spectrums: The International Journal of Neuropsychiatric Medicine provides hard data showing how patterns of Internet use have come to resemble those associated with other compul... Continue reading Study Probes 'Compulsive' Internet Use |
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