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- Shared Pain Increases Cooperation http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/09/04/0956797614545886.abstract 8 comments
- The Too-Much-Talent Effect http://pss.sagepub.com/content/25/8/1581 5 comments
- Thinking in a Foreign Tongue Reduces Decision Biases http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/04/18/0956797611432178.abstract?rss=1 13 comments
- Using a visual illusion researchers have shown that detailed peripheral vision is partially based on a reconstruction of reality. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/11/12/0956797616672270 4 comments science
- In US counties with greater racial bias, Blacks reported worse healthcare access. Both Blacks and Whites were more likely to die from circulatory diseases, but the relationship was stronger for Blacks. This suggests racial bias may be associated with worse health outcomes, particularly for Blacks. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/08/24/0956797616658450.full 8 comments science
- Children’s intelligence mind-sets (i.e., their beliefs about whether intelligence is fixed or malleable) robustly influence their motivation and learning. New study finds that the parents' views on failure (and not intelligence) are important in cultivating a growth mindset. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/04/23/0956797616639727.abstract 620 comments science
- Two Languages, Two Minds: Flexible Cognitive Processing Driven by Language of Operation (Athanasopoulos et al 2015) http://pss.sagepub.com/content/26/4/518 4 comments linguistics
- Seeing others do well is discouraging http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/01/28/0956797615623770 6 comments science
- Wearing a Bicycle Helmet Can Increase Risk Taking and Sensation Seeking in Adults http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/01/05/0956797615620784.abstract 3 comments science
- explored whether online communication resembles an “echo chamber”...liberals were more likely than conservatives to engage in cross-ideological dissemination; this is an important asymmetry with respect to the structure of communication http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/08/21/0956797615594620 80 comments science
- Parents' math anxiety can undermine children's math achievement, Study says http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/08/06/0956797615592630 211 comments science
- Children from poor families tend to be more altruistic and more willing to make personal sacrifices for others. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/05/22/0956797615578476.abstract 1076 comments science
- A Sniff of Happiness - The Smell of Your Sweat Can Make Other People Happy http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/04/10/0956797614566318.abstract 4 comments science
- Acetaminophen (in OTC drugs like Tylenol) shown to not only kill your pain, but your emotions as well. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/04/09/0956797615570366 40 comments science
- A new study shows people underestimate current social mobility and erroneously concluded that mobility has declined over the past four decades. This effect is particularly pronounced among liberals than moderates or conservatives. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/26/4/413?etoc 13 comments science
- Placebo-controlled study finds acetaminophen may have a blunting effect on positive and negative emotions. Participants who took acetaminophen rated emotionally-charged pictures as less intense than those who were given placebo. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/04/09/0956797615570366.full 3 comments science
- Study: "Reminders of God Can Increase Nonmoral Risk Taking" http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/02/25/0956797614563108.abstract 7 comments science
- Introverts may have a more realistic outlook on the world http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/04/01/0956797615569580.abstract 9 comments science
- In the context of a highly suggestive interviews, people can quite readily generate rich false memories of committing crime. http://m.pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2015/01/14/0956797614562862.abstract 209 comments science
- Spouses' Personality Influences Occupational Success: A conscientious spouse increases your chances of getting promoted, making more money, and being more satisfied with your job (regardless of gender) http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/10/17/0956797614551370.full 18 comments science
- Reducing belief in free will makes people less likely to attribute moral responsibility to criminals, and makes them less likely to punish for the sake of retribution. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/06/09/0956797614534693 51 comments science
- Practice Does Not Make Perfect. No Causal Effect of Music Practice on Music Ability http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/07/30/0956797614541990.abstract 16 comments science
- The Arabic language and others tend to conceptualize the future is behind them and the past is ahead of them. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/07/22/0956797614534695.abstract 5 comments science
- Sleep deprivation can increase the risk of developing false memories http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/07/15/0956797614534694 789 comments science
- New meta-analysis finds that practice accounts for 26% of the variation in performance in music, games, sports, education, and professions. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/06/30/0956797614535810.abstract 5 comments science
- Minimizing belief in free will may lessen support for criminal punishment: Exposure to information that diminishes free will, including brain-based accounts of behavior, seems to decrease people's support for retributive punishment, according to a new study. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/06/09/0956797614534693.abstract 5 comments science
- Advantages of Longhand Over Laptop Note Taking: Whereas taking more notes can be beneficial, laptop note takers' tendency to transcribe lectures verbatim rather than processing information and reframing it in their own words is detrimental to learning. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/04/22/0956797614524581.abstract 4 comments science
- A new study finds that just 15 minutes mindfulness meditation can help free the mind of biased thinking http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/12/06/0956797613503853 721 comments science
- Voting for physically attractive candidates is connected more to evolutionary 'disease-avoidance mechanisms' than the halo effect | Psychological Science Journal http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/10/11/0956797613493642.abstract 5 comments science
- Our ability to exhibit self-control to avoid cheating or lying is significantly reduced over the course of a day, making us more likely to be dishonest in the afternoon than in the morning, according to findings published in Psychological Science. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/10/28/0956797613498099 6 comments science
- Are Forensic Experts Biased by the Side That Retained Them? http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/08/21/0956797613481812.abstract 4 comments science
- People classified with perfect pitch may not actually be as in tune with the notes they hear as they think. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/06/11/0956797612473310 4 comments science
- Compassion Training Alters Altruism and Neural Responses to Suffering: A new study by researchers at the Center for Investigating Healthy Minds at the Waisman Center of the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows that adults can be trained to be more compassionate http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/05/20/0956797612469537 3 comments science
- "Individuals who believe that racial groups have fixed underlying essences use stereotypes more . . . We suggest that the functional utility derived from essentialism induces a habitual closed-mindedness that transcends the social domain and hampers creativity." http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/11/30/0956797612452570.abstract 167 comments science
- Study Links Initials to Higher Pursuance of Negative Outcomes http://pss.sagepub.com/content/18/12/1106 38 comments science
- Most Reported Genetic Associations With General Intelligence Are Probably False Positives http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/09/23/0956797611435528 22 comments cogsci
- New Study: In more egalitarian countries men and women desire more similar traits in partners. The behaviors of "gold-digging" in women, and appearance obsession in men may suggest gender inequality in culture. http://pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/08/29/0956797612441004 35 comments science
- Study finds that distrust of atheists is reduced if believers are reminded of the effectiveness of secular authorities, such as police, judges, and courts http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/5/483 4 comments science
- "Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing Ideology "... how accurate is it? http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/2/187.full 4 comments politics
- Lower Cognitive Ability Predicts Greater Prejudice Through Right-Wing Ideology and Low Intergroup Contact http://pss.sagepub.com/content/23/2/187 46 comments science