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That human touch that means so much: Exploring the tactile dimension of social life

... human nature . In the present article, the authors review psychological research showing that even fleeting forms of touch may have a powerful impact on our emotional and social functioning. Given its significant beneficial effects, touch may be ... / more

Brain Training: Practice Keeps You Fit

... the severity of brain degradation and the influence on the functioning of an individual is unlikely. Consequently, the differences in ... brain plasticity and principles of guided recovery. Psychological Bulletin, 125, 544-575. Scarmeas, N., Stern, Y., (2003). ... / more

Death and deities: A social cognitive perspective

... throughout intellectual history. Although recent social psychological research provides some support for this claim, the relationship ... nevertheless implied that certain kinds of psychological functioning persisted after death. In this study, participants read a story ... / more

When the thought of yourself nags you: How failure to attain cultural standards brings suicide on the fringe of consciousness

... developed by Roy Baumeister (1990), who advanced a social-psychological theory of suicide as resulting from a motivation to escape ... the accessibility of relevant concepts. Recent social-psychological theorizing closely echoes these decade-old ideas. For example, in ... understandings of the effects of failure on cognitive functioning by disentangling the impact of failure on death- and ... / more

Family Honour and the Purity of the Family’s Essence: A Relational Models Approach

... in the family. In addition, honour deeply influences the psychological functioning of individuals; it provides a basis for self-esteem , ... / more

The Time Paradox: the new psychology of time that will change your life.

... on to identify more such paradoxes and explain them from a psychological point of view. Philip Zimbardo, one of the most known social ... facts illustrating the influence of time on human functioning: an increase in the number of car accidents after the spring time ... / more

The passions of the mind: a biographic novel of Sigmund Freud

... and philosophical knowledge he developed his ideas about the functioning of the mind and its unconsious and emotional irrationality. The ... the demands of this time in mind. Although this book is not psychological per se, it is definitely worth reading not only by those ... / more

Positive Psychology and the Importance of Close Relationships in TV Sitcoms: That 70s Show, Entourage, and How I Met Your Mother

... to people’s lives. These relationships seem to provide psychological nourishment, giving people motivation and confidence to branch ... social bonding (love), growth (exploration) and optimal functioning (achievement). In particular, positive psychology provides an ... / more

Free Will in Social Psychology

... idea of free will and, crucially, that share some common psychological processes, then perhaps it is reasonable to start thinking that ... get up and tell the experimenter that the apparatus was not functioning. Participants who had previously exerted self-control were ... / more

Culture and Health Psychology: Insights from a Socio-Cultural Perspective

... forces in the shaping of health (and illness) and related psychological experiences ( Engel , 1977). In 1948, the World Health ... use to understand cultural differences in psychological functioning and research using these constructs, by no means, captures the ... / more