 Study: A bad joke might endanger the teller August 22, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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(AP) -- There's a reason comedians call it "dying on stage." Research by a Washington State University linguist found that people who tell bad jokes often endure an astonishing outpouring of hostility from ... | |
New study shows false memories affect behavior August 19, 2008 | User rating: 3.4 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Do you know someone who claims to remember their first day of kindergarten? Or a trip they took as a toddler? While some people may be able to recall trivial details from the past, laboratory research shows that the human ... | |
Playing video games offers learning across life span, say studies August 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Certain types of video games can have beneficial effects, improving gamers' dexterity as well as their ability to problem-solve – attributes that have proven useful not only to students but to surgeons, according to research ... | |
Adults easily fooled by children's false denials August 17, 2008 | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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Adults are easily fooled when a child denies that an actual event took place, but do somewhat better at detecting when a child makes up information about something that never happened, according to new research from the University ... | |
Study examines the psychology behind students who don't cheat August 17, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 28 vote(s)
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While many studies have examined cheating among college students, new research looks at the issue from a different perspective – identifying students who are least likely to cheat. | |
Americans spending, gambling, saving: Who's happiest, who's most at risk? August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
For some, spending in today's tumultuous economy is not a problem, especially for those who don't care what everyone else has. But for others, casino splurges, not saving enough or buying the latest iPhone on impulse can ... | |
Study finds that sleep selectively preserves emotional memories August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 24 vote(s)
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As poets, songwriters and authors have described, our memories range from misty water-colored recollections to vividly detailed images of the times of our lives. | |
Professor sees optimism in prejudice research August 13, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
(PhysOrg.com) -- It is a question on many Americans' minds: Is the United States ready for a black president, or will deep-rooted and even unconscious prejudices show at the polls? For Patricia Devine, a UW-Madison psychology ... | |
Study of Olympic athletes shows that pride and shame are universal and innate expressions August 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
The victory stance of a gold medalist and the slumped shoulders of a non-finalist are innate and biological rather than learned responses to success and failure, according to a University of British Columbia study using cross-cultural ... | |
Complex decision? Don't sleep on it August 11, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 22 vote(s)
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Neither snap judgements nor sleeping on a problem are any better than conscious thinking for making complex decisions, according to new research. | |
Red all over: how the color red affects a referee's judgment August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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Many sports teams select their uniforms based on the mascot, city or country they are representing, not on a referee's preference or bias. But a new study has found that choosing the color red for a uniform in competitive ... | |
I can, automatically, become just like you August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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No one likes to be excluded from a group: exclusion can decrease mood, reduce self-esteem and feelings of belonging, and even ultimately lead to negative behavior (e.g., the shootings at Virginia Tech). As a result, we often ... | |
Context and personality key in understanding responses to emotional facial expressions August 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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It is well appreciated that facial expressions play a major role in non-verbal social communication among humans and other primates, because faces provide rapid access to information about the identity as well as the internal ... | |
 Whom do we fear or trust? Faces instantly guide us, scientists say August 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A pair of Princeton psychology researchers has developed a computer program that allows scientists to analyze better than ever before what it is about certain human faces that makes them look ... | |
The power of Peter Piper: How alliteration enhances poetry, prose, and memory July 30, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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From nursery rhymes to Shakespearian sonnets, alliterations have always been an important aspect of poetry whether as an interesting aesthetic touch or just as something fun to read. But a recent study suggests that this ... | |
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