Psychology may help explain why male and female serial killers differ
Male and female serial killers tend to choose their victims and commit their crimes in...
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Sacrificing accuracy to see the big picture: Our ability to detect patterns might stem, in part, from brain’s desire to represent things in simplest way possible
During their first year of life, infants can recognize patterned sound sequences. As we grow,...
Face it. Our faces don’t always reveal our true emotions: Emotional intelligence involves much more than reading people’s micro-expressions
Actor James Franco looks sort of happy as he records a video diary in the...
Young children may see nationality as biological: Perception diminishes over time, but findings point to potentially early origins of nationalist sentiments
Young children see national identity, in part, as biological in nature, a perception that diminishes...
Shameful secrets bother us more than guilty secrets: People who feel shame more likely to constantly think about their secrets, study says
Everyone has secrets, but what causes someone to think about them over and over again?...
Collective nostalgia makes people prefer domestic products
Nostalgia for events experienced by members of your own group can make you prefer domestic...
New insight on how memory works: Experiment with amnesia patients helps explain role of hippocampus
Two Veterans Affairs researchers have explored how memory is tied to the hippocampus, with findings...
Yes, you really can think yourself thin!
Yes, you really can think yourself thin! So say the psychology professors behind a new...
Why people have lateral preferences when kissing and hugging
When touching others in a social context, for example kissing or hugging, people often have...
Wishful thinking is rewarded: The reward system in the brain affects our judgements
We make judgements quite rationally or "by the gut." Not only experience and relevant information...