General Psychology

"Phubbing" may be a made-up word, but the phenomenon it describes is very real. The verb to phub was originally coined as part of a marketing campaign for the Macquarie Dictionary, and ...
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Are you smarter than a three-year-old? If you don’t "get" abstract art, the answer may be no! A recent study from researchers in Greece investigated whether 78 children between the ages of ...
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It’s common knowledge that children can be choosy about which foods they eat, but what many people might not realize is that picky eating can last into adulthood. In more serious cases, ...
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Who says you have to be a person to have a personality? A new study from researchers University of British Columbia’s Animal Welfare Program has identified specific personality traits that tend to ...
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Whether you’re concerned with how your actions affect the environment could be partly a matter of personality. That’s according to a new study from researchers in Brașov, Romania that looked at whether ...
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An international team of public health researchers has found a promising new method of improving mental health among older adults: handing out free bus passes. In a study published in the Journal ...
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Yeah, I get it, you don’t want to brag. But it turns out that sharing good news you get might be the key to happiness. More exactly, it looks like sharing good ...
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Of all the things that keep you awake at night, no doubt being murdered by Vikings from Iceland is near the top of your list. Not to worry. A new study published ...
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Your choice in usernames could impact how people perceive your online persona. In particular, some usernames seem to be inherently more trustworthy than others, even when additional information about the person behind ...
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Are narcissists born or made? As with most psychological traits, the answer is probably: both, to some extent (although we’re not sure what extent). Under evidence for "made," though, you can add ...
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