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Becoming superhuman: Is it all in your mind?

... life?  In this post, we will share some recent scientific evidence that suggests that through mindfulness , people can learn to ... If you think the idea of using your mind to control your physical responses sounds ridiculous, you are not alone. However, recent ... / more

Time to unwind: When autonomy and motivation add weight to recovery

... that more and more people are in need for help because of physical or mental issues as a result of intense work-related stress (Eurofond, ... symptoms? Indeed, a substantial body of research provides evidence in support for this correlation (e.g., Nixon, Mazzola, Bauer, Krueger, ... / more

Why do we so often ignore the influence of situations on behavior?

... assumption. This possibility is quite compatible with the evidence from neuroscience .  However, each of these ideas about why we ... relied either on the understanding of mental states or of physical states. Fletcher and colleagues reasoned that these two kinds of ... / more

Experience in Action Games and the Effects on Executive Control

... proven yet). However, cognitive research has provided evidence in recent years that experienced video gamers outperform ... and more training experiments with non-gamers to provide evidence for this causal link. For example, Strobach et al.’s (2012) training ... will monitor these. These new technologies may reduce the physical work load, but they increase and intensify the cognitive load. In ... / more

What does your selfie say about you?

... , become invalid. Our study provides (a) new empirical evidence of how social media is related to personality, (b) a coding ... J., & Gosling, S. D. (2009). Personality judgments based on physical appearance. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 35(12), ... / more

It’s not a matter of fashion: How psychological research can revamp common beliefs on lesbian and gay parenting

... not provided any clear conclusion and there is no empirical evidence to support the existence of such a correlation (Bailey, Bobrow, Wolfe ... of the many characteristics (other examples are clothing or physical appearance) that can be the pretext for teasing (Goldberg, 2010). ... / more

Adverse Childhood Experiences and its lifelong consequences

... called adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and range from physical, emotional, or sexual abuse, to parental divorce, or substance abuse ... S. L., Dumont, N., & Ackerman, E. (1997). Preliminary evidence for abnormal cortical development in physically and sexually abused ... / more

Asking Children to Talk About Abuse: Can Research Help Improve Police Interviewer Skills?

Child abuse cases often lack corroborative evidence in the form of injuries, DNA or direct witness observations. ... and case studies of crimes that can be verified by other evidence (e.g., video-recordings) demonstrate that children often omit ... problematic in sexual abuse cases as corroborative physical evidence is often unavailable (Diesen & Diesen, 2009). Without a ... / more

In Defense of Anger: An Evolutionary Necessity and its Contemporary Applicability

... not directly involved in bargaining? Following the presented evidence, I, as a white male, should feel no anger at a politician who ...                  Rantala, M. J. (2014). Physical attractiveness as a signal of biological quality. Turku: Turku ... / more

The Face of Leadership: How CEOs’ Facial Appearance Predicts Business Success

... financial performance. In this article, we review initial evidence illustrating the relation between CEO facial appearance and ... study has shown that facial width-to-height ratio (fWHR), a physical facial measurement associated with testosterone in men (Lefevre, ... / more