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FILTER RESULTS ►What happened that the journal Psychological Science published a paper with no identifiable strengths?
The other day we discussed that paper on ovulation and voting (you may recall that the authors reported a scattered bunch of comparisons, significance tests, and p-values, and I recommended that they would’ve done better to simply report complete summaries of their data, so that readers could see the comparisons of interest in full context), [...]Show More Summary
Men With High-Testosterone More Likely To Choose Red In Competitions
Why do so many sports players and athletes choose to wear the color red when they compete? A new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that it may have to do with their testosterone levels. Show More Summary
Liberation of the first-person
Buddhism's interaction with the West, as I can see, is on three fronts: 1) the materialistic sciences; 2) Abrahamic religions; 3) psychology. I hasten to add, by no means is this list exhaustive. This interaction really involves Buddhism’s right to...
No, Having Big Biceps Doesn't Mean You'll Be More Conservative
A study by a group of researchers about biceps and politics that has made waves over the past couple of days following its publication in Psychological Science has been widely misinterpreted by several news outlets. The study looked at correlations between a man's socioeconomic status, his upper body strength, and his political views. Show More Summary
High-testosterone competitors more likely to choose red
Why do so many sports players and athletes choose to wear the color red when they compete? A new study to be published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests that it may have to doShow More Summary
Ideas and/or Babes They Picked Up Somewhere
The simple concept of evolution inspires some academics to pursue sexy ideas or other entities: “The dating mind: Evolutionary psychology and the emerging science of human courtship,” Nathan Oesch and Igor Miklousic, Evolutionary Psychology, vol.10, no. 5, 2011, pp. 899-909. The authors, at the University of Oxford and the Institute of social sciences Ivo [...]
Bicep Size Predicts Politics
A new study in Psychological
Science reports that bicep size and preferences for wealth
redistribution correlate. If you're rich and have big guns you're
against redistribution. On the other hand, if you're poor and
muscle bound, you favor redistribution. Show More Summary
Political motivations may have evolutionary links to physical strength
Men's upper-body strength predicts their political opinions on economic redistribution, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The principal investigators...Show More Summary
Dr. Judson Brewer: How to Get Out of Your Own Way (and the Brain Science Behind It)
Our optimal psychology is one where we're fully engaged in life -- effortless, joyful, and as a result extremely productive. And as our neuroscience advances, we can build tools to help all of us move into this optimal state more and more.
When deciding how to bet, less detailed information may be better
People are worse at predicting whether a sports team will win, lose, or tie when they bet on the final score than when they bet on the overall outcome, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association...Show More Summary
Sandra Bullock and George Clooney’s ‘Gravity’ Makes Space Look Awfully Lonely
As a fan of near-future science fiction, I’m eager to see Sandra Bullock and George Clooney in Alfonso Cuaron’s Gravity, which looks like it’s going to be as much a psychological drama as a science fiction movie: It’s very easy to skip forward into a fully-established brave (or not-so-brave) new world, to 2161 when Starfleet [...]
Social connections drive the 'upward spiral' of positive emotions and health
People who experience warmer, more upbeat emotions may have better physical health because they make more social connections, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological...Show More Summary
Early math and reading ability linked to job and income in adulthood
Math and reading ability at age 7 may be linked with socioeconomic status several decades later, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The childhood abilities...Show More Summary
Psychology Of A Stock Market: The Science Behind The Numbers
By Wall Street Wisdom: Have you ever stood back and considered why the stock market acts the way it does? How can the market being setting records one day, and then have a virtual free-fall the next? What are the intrinsic reasons for these fluctuations? Well, according to Scholars from Emory University, they might have the answer. Show More Summary
Older adults' memory lapses linked to problems processing everyday events
Some memory problems common to older adults may stem from an inability to segment daily life into discrete experiences, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The...Show More Summary
Weight gain linked with personality trait changes
People who gain weight are more likely to give in to temptations but also are more thoughtful about their actions, according to a new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. To...Show More Summary
Cleaning up science
David Hogg pointed me to this post by Gary Marcus, reviewing this skeptics’ all-star issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science that features replication culture heroes Jelte Wicherts, Hal Pashler, Arina Bones, E. J. Wagenmakers, Gregory Francis, Hal Pashler, John Ioannidis, and Uri Simonsohn. I agree with pretty much everything Marcus has to say. In addition [...]
Lewandowsky et al 2013: surveying Peter to report on Paul
Guest analysis by Shub Niggurath In 2012, Stephen Lewandowsky and co-authors submitted a paper to the journal Psychological Science, generating widespread publicity. Here, I address a simple issue/question that has hovered around the paper from the time it made its … Continue reading ?
We Have a Winner. . . .
May 2, 2013 Posted by Jay Livingston They came from all over, the students did – from biology and economics, from business and psychology, physics and earth science. They unrolled their posters or polished their panel presentations –...Show More Summary
Wide-eyed fear expressions may help us -- and others -- to locate threats
Wide-eyed expressions that typically signal fear may enlarge our visual field and mutually enhance others' ability to locate threats, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological...Show More Summary
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