Category: Studies
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Love v. Pain
Read more: Love v. PainStudy: Love decreases pain. Commenters: Unimpressed. Researchers from Stanford University studied the link between love and pain by scanning the brains of 15 college students who all professed to being deeply in love. The eight women and seven men were placed in brain scanners that tracked their body’s response to pain — in this case…
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Your Doctored Autobiography
Read more: Your Doctored AutobiographyFrom Why All Indiscretions Appear Youthful (NYT): In recent years psychologists have exposed the many ways that people subconsciously maintain and massage their moral self-image. They rate themselves as morally superior to the next person; overestimate the likelihood that they will act virtuously in the future; see their own good intentions as praiseworthy while dismissing others’ as…
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Neighborhood Depression
Read more: Neighborhood DepressionA unsurprising study says that where you live affects your mood. “One of the things we tried to assess was essentially community support — to what extent people in that neighborhood turned to others for child care, other forms of assistance — and whether they socialize and know each other. And it’s clear that in…
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Personality Delays Depression Treatment
Read more: Personality Delays Depression TreatmentFalse negatives in assessing depression occur with the outgoing and bubbly, a study says. “When a person who has enjoyed socializing and whose mood normally is positive becomes depressed, friends and family often don’t recognize it. Depression is inconsistent with the expectations that people have…”
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How Not to Choke
Read more: How Not to ChokeScience Daily reports about a psychologist’s research into how and why people choke under pressure. “My research team and I have found that highly skilled golfers are more likely to hole a simple 3-foot putt when we give them the tools to stop analyzing their shot, to stop thinking,” Beilock said. “Highly practiced putts run…