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

... we indeed spontaneously and quite unconsciously approach positive objects and avoid negative ones, even if we do not have to actually ... How to measure the body, or tinkering in the name of Psychology It is noteworthy that all these efforts involve technology ... / more

Political ideology is more than just “liberal” and “conservative”

... theories of ideology which have assumed a linear and positive relationship between the need for cognitive closure and political ... ideology: Implications of structural complexity. Political Psychology, 35 (3), 337-358.  Iyer, R., Koleva, S., Graham, J., Ditto, ... / more

Only searching for a plane? What the disappearance of Flight MH 370 reveals about the human need for meaning and certainty

... little or no influence. While random events may produce positive and negative consequences, people tend to dislike randomness in their ... 2006; Weary & Jacobson, 1997). A number of models in psychology explain how people attempt to restore meaning, certainty, and ... / more

Learning from our dreams

... 25% of the time, and of those dreams, about half had some positive interaction and about a quarter contained conflict. In addition, ... REM sleep: A social bonding mechanism. New Ideas in Psychology, 14 (1), 35–46. Selterman, D., Apetroaia, A., Riela, S. & ... / more

An Introduction to Cognitive Psychology. Proccesses and Disorders

... and refresh my knowledge acquired in undergraduate cognitive psychology course. I was glad to find ”An Introduction to Cognitive ... has significantly increased our understanding of the role of positive moods in attention and executive functions. I would recommend this ... / more

Keeping the spark alive: The role of sexual communal motivation

... in their relationships. In addition, people who felt more positive about changing their sexual habits for a partner felt happier in their ... of change in intimacy . Personality and Social Psychology Review, 3 , 49–67. Burke . J., & Young, V. J. (2012). ... / more

Consensual non-monogamy: Table for more than two, please

... we found that highly avoidant individuals endorsed more positive attitudes toward CNM and were more willing to (hypothetically) engage ... identity in a monogamous world. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 18(1), 75-88.  Barker, M. (2013). Rewriting the Rules: An ... / more

Smartphones: A threat to well-being?

... first sight, it appears that smartphones produce exclusively positive effects (who would not dream of being able to schedule one’s work to ... Burnout: A Diary Study on the Role of Recovery. Applied Psychology , 63 (3), 411–440. doi:10.1111/j.1464-0597.2012.00530.x ... / more

Revisiting the past can make the present a better place: The psychological and social benefits of nostalgia

... ago, social psychologists began to systematically study the psychology nostalgia (see Routledge, Wildschut, Sedikides, & Juhl, 2013). ... graduations). Further, nostalgic memories contain more positive than negative emotional references. When negative feelings are present ... / more

Can you replicate that?

... have covered important changes taking place in experimental psychology. If you have not read them, I recommend you do ( post1 , post2 ... J. P., Nelson, L. D., & Simonsohn, U. (2011). False- positive psychology : Undisclosed flexibility in data collection and analysis ... / more