The novelists had it right - fear really can fill the air. Research shows smelling the odour of a scared person triggers activity in a swat...
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Findings from the first study to compare the minds of gods
One explanation for the ubiquity of religion is that it fostered advantageous cooperation among our ancestors. The human mind readily develo...
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Link feast
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology and neuroscience links from the past week : 1. The pre-registration debate has kicked o...
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Students assume psychology is less scientific/important than the natural sciences, says study with scientific limitations
Students see test tubes as more scientific than questionnaires Despite over 130 years passing since the opening of its first laboratory, psy...
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Does police contact increase or decrease the likelihood that youths will offend in the future?
One of the main arguments for having more police is that they act as a deterrent. With more officers on the street, more would-be criminals ...
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Is it worth hiring David Beckham to promote your brand? A psychological test
He's probably the most famous man on the planet, but the problem is there's no chance of exclusivity. Beckham already endorses a str...
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Link feast
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week : 1. Shyness is not a disorder (Personal reflections from Joe ...
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Creatures of the night - people who favour the evening score higher on Dark Triad personality traits
There are countless examples in nature of biological adaptations going hand in hand with either a nocturnal or diurnal (day-time) lifestyle....
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Looking at their own face tunes Westerners to their heartbeat; not so for East Asians
In this study of cross-cultural differences in body representation participants were challenged to keep count of their own heartbeat simply ...
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Why do people like listening to sad music when they're feeling down?
We spend most of our lives trying to be happy. And yet when we're feeling sad we put on a tear-jerker tune and wallow in our misery. Why...
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Link feast
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week : 1. Social psychologist Daniel Wegner has left the building. F...
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How weak arguments can make a more effective call to arms than strong arguments
We often think of persuasion in terms of converting people to our side of an argument. Just as important in many contexts is the need to ins...
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The Special Issue Spotter
We trawl the world's journals so you don't have to : Memory and the law - insights from case studies (Memory). Cultures of the inte...
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When do bystanders intervene in barroom brawls?
The hero in martial arts movies usually steps in when a passive victim is picked on by a gang of thugs. However a new study finds that in re...
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Irrational human decision making during a zombie apocalypse
You're in a room full of lumbering zombies and you want to get out quick. Here's a tip: the stress of the situation will make you fa...
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Link feast
In case you missed them - 10 of the best psychology links from the past week : 1. The expression and perception of human emotion is the same...
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