Wait, what did my wife say to me? Something about it being my turn to pick up the kids today. Well, whatever. If it was important, she wouldn't have told me while I was watching My Little Pony.Psychological researchers a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/09/02/Study-Couples-Can-Tune-Out-Spouses-Voice/Researchers at the University of Zurich treated two groups of depressed test subjects, one online and the other in person. They found that online therapy was as effective--if not moreso--than face-to-face encounters:&ldq...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/08/02/Study-Online-Psychotherapy-Is-as-Good-as-Face-to-Face-Psychotherapy/Quick, think about money. Feel more evil yet?According new research by Maryan Kouchaki at Harvard University and Kristin Smith-Crowe of the University of Utah, merely thinking about money can make someone more evil:In...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/07/10/Money-Thoughts-Lead-to-Evil-Actions/Are you having trouble persuading people to your point of view? Express yourself more stridently. That's what researchers at Washington State University discovered. Victoria Woollaston of the Daily Mail writes:They analy...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/06/01/The-Best-Way-to-Win-an-Argument-Shout-Louder-Than-Everyone-Else-and-People-Will-Assume-Youre-Right/Sometimes my wife complains of an earworm--a song that's stuck on a repeating loop in her head. I respond by loudly playing the Lexx theme song a lot. Later, she'll say that that song is stuck in her head. So I'll loudly...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/03/25/Researchers-Figure-out-How-to-Get-Rid-of-an-Earworm/(Image credit: Flickr user George Hatcher) by Ali... ...ral Fluid Intelligence". I asked nine experienced psychology professors to define the phrase "general fluid in... ...."An 11:00 a.m. poster session concerned "Applied Psychology ." One poster discoursed on "The Effects of Odor a... ...sA noontime poster...
https://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/16/What-Are-They-Doing-My-Visit-to-a-Psychology-Conference/Various methods of treatment involve being "reborn," but don't you have to die first to be born again? Perhaps this will help: a psychotherapy in Shenyang, China, simulates death for pat...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/24/The-Death-Experience-Room-To-Be-Reborn-First-You-Have-to-Die/I've noticed that my two-year old does this when we play hide-and-seek. When she covers her eyes, she thinks that I can't see her. Why? Researchers at the University of Cambridge investigated:In both studies so far, when...
https://www.neatorama.com/neatobambino/2012/10/25/Why-Do-Young-Children-Cover-Their-Eyes-When-Hiding/Do you feel more confident and powerful after watching a superhero movie? Researchers led by Ariana Young of the University of Buffalo studied this emotional effect. They asked 98 young men how they felt about Batman and...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/22/The-Psychological-Advantage-of-Bonding-with-Batman/Have you ever seen a résumé written in comic sans? Regardless of the content, the applicant has probably hurt him/herself. Little details in writing, such as the typeface, can subtly persuade or dissuade a...
https://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/09/Which-Typeface-Engenders-the-Most-Trust/
