Changing stress levels can make brain flip from 'desire' to 'dread' March 19, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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A single brain circuit mediates desire and dread according to a new study by the University of Michigan. Entering a noisy, new environment can instantly flip an emotion switch. | |
Having less power impairs the mind and ability to get ahead, study shows May 15, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 11 vote(s)
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New research appearing in the May issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that being put in a low-power role may impair a person’s basic cognitive functioning ... | |
Meditation may fine-tune control over attention May 08, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Everyday experience and psychology research both indicate that paying close attention to one thing can keep you from noticing something else. | |
 Understanding Smooth Eye Pursuit July 02, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have shed new light on how the brain and eye team up to spot an object in motion and follow it, a classic question of human motor control. The study shows that ... | |
Subliminal messages can influence us in surprising ways December 27, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 8 vote(s)
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Flag waving is a metaphor for stirring up the public towards adopting a more nationalistic, generally hard-line stance. Indeed, “rally ‘round the flag” is a venerable expression of this phenomenon. | |
How shyness and other normal human traits became sickness October 10, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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What's wrong with being shy, and just when and how did bashfulness and other ordinary human behaviors in children and adults become psychiatric disorders treatable with powerful, potentially dangerous drugs, asks a Northwestern ... | |
Music therapy may offer hope for people with depression January 23, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A therapist may be able to use music to help some patients fight depression and improve, restore and maintain their health, states a Systematic Review from The Cochrane Library. | |
Memory trick shows brain organization August 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 13 vote(s)
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A simple memory trick has helped show UC Davis researchers how an area of the brain called the perirhinal cortex can contribute to forming memories. The finding expands our understanding of how those brain areas that form ... | |
Angry? Breathing Beats Venting February 28, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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While it is a common assumption that an angry person needs to blow off steam or risk going through the roof, research in psychology shows just the opposite. According to University of Arkansas psychologist Jeffrey M. Lohr, ... | |
Researchers find memory can be manipulated by photos November 20, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 15 vote(s)
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The camera may not lie, but doctored photos do according to new research into digitally altered photos and how they influence our memories and attitudes toward public events. | |
 Action video games sharpen vision 20 percent February 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 42 vote(s)
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Video games that contain high levels of action, such as Unreal Tournament, can actually improve your vision. | |
Babies prefer good Samaritans November 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 17 vote(s)
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In the first evidence of its kind to date, Yale researchers find that infants prefer individuals who help others to those who either do nothing, or interfere with others’ goals, it is reported today in Nature. | |
Mind-set matters -- Why thinking you got a work out may actually make you healthier February 06, 2007 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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As the commitment to our New Year's resolutions wanes and the trips to the gym become more infrequent, new findings appearing in the February issue of Psychological Science may offer us one more chance to reap the benefits ... | |
Are humans hardwired for fairness? April 16, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Is fairness simply a ruse, something we adopt only when we secretly see an advantage in it for ourselves" Many psychologists have in recent years moved away from this purely utilitarian view, dismissing it as too simplistic. ... | |
 Keeping hands where you can see 'em alters perception, study finds July 09, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 12 vote(s)
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Psychologists at Washington University in St. Louis, led by Richard A. Abrams, Ph.D., professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, have shown that to see objects better, you should take the matter into your ... | |
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