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House, M.D. and the science of psychogenic illness

... begins with an initial physiological response to some stimulus in our environment: the pulse quickens, the breath shortens, or ... / more

“Look in my eyes. I said in my eyes!”: Antecedents and Consequences of (Self-) Objectification

... and configurations among the constitutive parts of a stimulus . This type of recognition is involved in face and body ... / more

Anger Management

... 260–274. Berkowitz, L., & Geen, R. G. (1967). Stimulus qualities of the target of aggression: A further study.   ... / more

Altruism: Myth or Reality?

... whom we feel empathy because doing so eliminates the stimulus causing our concern. Mandeville’s  account of why we save the ... escape continued exposure to the other’s suffering, the stimulus causing empathic concern . If the ultimate goal of ... / more

There’s Something About Zero

... are synaesthetes – for them, the perception of a stimulus (the inducer) in one sense will activate a sensation (the ... to do with qualia – irreducible properties of a stimulus , such as redness. For most people, zero has only one quale , its ... / more

‘Forever and a Day’ or ‘Just One Night’? On Adaptive Functions of Long-Term and Short-Term Romantic Relationships

... (they were less quick to switch attention to another stimulus ) by primes of attractive-looking compared to average-looking members ... / more

Manipulating the body, measuring the body, and tinkering in the name of Psychology

... behavioral predispositions to approach or avoid the stimulus . Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25(2), 215–224. ... / more

How stress influences our morality

... is to behave pro-socially. That’s why the same stimulus can lead to very different moral decisions depending on the ... / more

Was that how it happened? Shaping our memory for personal experiences in conversation with others

... for example, had participants read a description of a stimulus person that contained negative, positive, or ambiguous evaluations. ... later recall of the original description of the stimulus person included distortions that were congruent with the message ... / more

Origins of Common Fears: A Review

... theory works, I first need to define a few terms. A stimulus is a sensory object or event (e.g., scent of food) that evokes a ... salivation). In some cases, the relationship between a stimulus and a response is reflexive/unlearned ( unconditioned ).  For ... / more