News tagged with psychological experiments
Combat makes for gun-shy investors, study says
Veterans who have faced combat are more risk-averse when it comes to investing than noncombatants, according to a new Cornell study. As a result, they may struggle to build wealth through long-term investments, ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Role of gender in workplace negotiations
A study conducted by Columbia Business School Professor Michael Morris, Chavkin-Chang Professor of Leadership, and Emily Amanatullah, now an Assistant Professor of Management at McCombs School of Business of the University ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 26, 2011 |
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The blame game in work-family conflict
When the demands of work and family conflict, is the job blamed, is the family role blamed or is blame placed on both? And what are the consequences?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Soldiers who avoid distressing images more at risk for PTSD
(PhysOrg.com) -- When presented with images of faces depicting various emotional states, people who look briefly at fearful expressions are more vulnerable to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than those who look at the ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 05, 2011 |
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What our eyes can't see, the brain fills in
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Glasgow have shown that when parts of our vision are blocked, the brain steps in to fill in the blanks.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 04, 2011 |
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Bad things seem even worse if people have to live through them again
When people think unpleasant events are over, they remember them as being less painful or annoying than when they expect them to happen again, pointing to the power of expectation to help people brace for the worst, according ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 07, 2011 |
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How children cope with the aftermath of a hurricane
Living through a natural disaster is a traumatic experience for everyone, but especially for children. A new study by University of Miami Psychologist Annette La Greca and her collaborators, indicate that some children who ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jan 12, 2011 |
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Researchers suggest diagnostic criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder are lacking
Current diagnostic procedures for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) fail to adequately reflect research into the broad nature of a traumatic event, according to a study that will appear in the January print issue of Psychological Bu ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 16, 2010 |
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Infants' peripheral vision blurry
Our eyes are windows to the world, but what is the visual experience of infants? We know that infant vision tends to be blurrier than adults'. Now researchers from UC Davis, UC Berkeley and Stanford University have discovered ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 16, 2010 |
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Mental health affected by perceived life-threat
Feeling like your life is in danger during an accident or disaster can have long-term negative effects on health - whether or not the threat to your life was real. This is one of the results of a new doctoral thesis from ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 10, 2010 |
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Our best and worst moments occur within social relationships, research shows
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the first study of its kind, researchers have found compelling evidence that our best and worst experiences in life are likely to involve not individual accomplishments, but interaction with other people ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 26, 2010 |
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Brooding Russians: Less distressed than Americans
Dostoyevsky and Tolstoy portrayed Russians as a brooding, complicated people, and ethnographers have confirmed that Russians tend to focus on dark feelings and memories more than Westerners do. But a new University of Michigan ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 13, 2010 |
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Experiencing different cultures enhances creativity
Creativity can be enhanced by experiencing cultures different from one's own, according to a study in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 30, 2010 |
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Materialistic people liked less by peers than 'experiential' people, study says
People who pursue happiness through material possessions are liked less by their peers than people who pursue happiness through life experiences, according to a new study led by University of Colorado at Boulder psychology ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Study shows experiences are better than possessions
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new Cornell study finds that lust for material things fade but our unique experiences remain with us for a long time.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 31, 2010 |
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