News tagged with psychological test
Rational, emotional reasons guide genetic-testing choices
Consumers decide whether to use mail-in genetic tests based on both rational and emotional reasons, a finding that adds to a growing body of health-care behavior research on information seeking and avoidance, according to ...
Apr 19, 2011 |
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New study aims to assess how we perceive risks
Do you know how risky scuba diving is compared to riding a motorbike? When choosing between a fairly safe option and a slightly riskier one, which do you take? A new study, launched last night on the BBC's ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 06, 2011 |
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Think you'll ace that test? Think again, then start studying
for instance, if you study more, you learn more. We are also constantly making judgments about particular instances of learning and remembering—I'll never forget this party! That was easy to understand. I'll ace it on ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 22, 2011 |
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Study predicts risk of memory loss in healthy, older adults
The combined results of a genetic blood test and a five-minute functional MRI successfully classified more than three-quarters of healthy older adults, many of whom were destined to develop cognitive decline within 18 months ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jan 19, 2011 |
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Forget everything you thought you knew about memory
Research may shed light on why dementia sufferers have memory difficulties.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Dec 07, 2010 |
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Personality predicts cheating more than academic struggles, study shows
Students who cheat in high school and college are highly likely to fit the profile for subclinical psychopathy - a personality disorder defined by erratic lifestyle, manipulation, callousness and antisocial tendencies, according ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 07, 2010 |
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Personality test to explore rules of attraction
A major new investigation which aims to solve two of the biggest unanswered questions in psychology is being launched by researchers at the University of Cambridge in partnership with the BBC.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 02, 2010 |
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Few people are doing it, so why should I? Motivating men to seek cancer screening
In Germany, several national health campaigns promote cancer screening by announcing that only one in five German men gets screened. This is supposed to motivate men to have an examination. But a new study published in Psychological Sc ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 27, 2010 |
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Research suggests new ways to boost cognitive performance of older adults
(PhysOrg.com) -- Oscar Wilde once quipped, "The soul is born old but grows young. That is the comedy of life. And the body is born young and grows old. That is life's tragedy." Many would write this statement ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Jan 08, 2010 |
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Fit teenage boys are smarter, but muscle strength isn't the secret
In the first study to demonstrate a clear positive association between adolescent fitness and adult cognitive performance, Nancy Pedersen of the University of Southern California and colleagues in Sweden find that better ...
Dec 07, 2009 |
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More competitors, less competition
The larger the number of examinees, the lower the average grade. This is one of the findings of a series of new studies carried out by scientists at the University of Haifa and the University of Michigan. "It is a well-established ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Study: Men Losing Their Minds Over Women
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research reported in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology has shown that men go ga-ga over pretty women. They simply lose their minds (while women keep theirs).
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 07, 2009 |
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Invisible ink? What Rorschach tests really tell us
One of the most well-known psychological tools is the Rorschach Inkblot Test. A viewer looks at ten inkblots, one at a time, and describes what they see. The rationale behind this test is the idea that certain aspects of ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 30, 2009 |
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Brain-behavior disconnect in cocaine addiction
(PhysOrg.com) -- Parts of the brain involved in monitoring behaviors and emotions show different levels of activity in cocaine users relative to non-drug users, even when both groups perform equally well on ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
May 25, 2009 |
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Brains or beauty: New study confirms having both leads to higher pay
People looking for a good job at a good salary could find their intelligence may not be the only trait that puts them at the top of the pay scale, according to researchers. A new study finds attractiveness, along with confidence, ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 14, 2009 |
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