Science news articles about 'psychological study'

A University of Pennsylvania psychology study, using functional magnetic resonance imaging technology to scan the brain, reveals that people who consider themselves visual learners, as opposed to ...

My name’s Ethan White and I’m currently trying to finish my PhD in Evolutionary Psychology. I’m interested in the evolution of creativity and language and how it relates to sexual and relationship ...

A new psychological study from the University of Leicester aims to investigate how accurate people's perceptions about forensic science are, where these beliefs come from, and how this forensic ...

... . Much is known about color physics and color physiology, but very little about color psychology," said Elliot. "It's fascinating to find that something as ubiquitous as color can be having an effect ...

... a virtual shotgun in their favourite video game, take heart. That look of glee, says a new study, likely stems from the healthy pleasure of mastering a challenge rather than from a disturbing craving ...

... job. Meridith Selden, a K-State doctoral graduate in psychology, and her adviser, Ron Downey, K-State professor of psychology, studied workplace hostility. They found that among workers reporting ...

... . The researchers' findings appear in an article published in the September issue of the journal Psychological Science. "The idea is that when you're exposed to a meaning threat –– something that ...

... world, but it won’t substitute for the real thing. That’s the implication from a new psychological study from the University of Washington’s Human Interaction with Nature and Technological Systems ( ...

Self-deprecating humour is key to English art of seduction, psychological study reveals

The Magical Memory Tour, the largest ever international online survey which asked people to blog their memories of the Beatles to create the biggest database of autobiographical memories ever ...

... and unusual landscape. Even in the surreal environment, users, who were unaware that they were part of a psychological study, succumbed to very down-to-earth effects of social influence. "You ...

... is impossible to know for sure whether people actually vote along party lines, for example, many psychological studies have shown that political affiliation plays a large role ...

... -- is not enough to give women the winning edge in political contests, according to the new Northwestern psychology study. For both men and women, female political candidates needed to be seen as ...

... , likely stems from the healthy pleasure of mastering a challenge rather than from a disturbing craving for carnage. A new psychology study shows that violence does not motivate video game players.

Can money make us happy if we spend it on the right purchases? A new psychology study suggests that buying life experiences rather than material possessions leads to greater happiness for both the ...