Category: Behaviour

Study suggests children use make-believe aggression and violence to manage bad-tempered peers

From the University of Cambridge press release: Children are more likely to introduce violent themes into their pretend play, such as imaginary fighting or killing, if they are with playmates… Read more »

Study suggests staying in touch with emotions can help reduce pandemic-induced stress

From the University of Iowa press release: Everybody, it seems, is stressed out to some degree by the coronavirus pandemic. It may be anguish over the sickness or death of… Read more »

Study suggests success of award nominees hinge on status and personal relationships unless decision-makers are less accountable

From the City University London press release: A new study suggests that the status of award nominees combined with the level of social connection that they have with members of… Read more »

Study suggests effectiveness of fitness-boosting strategies may be linked to personality traits

From the PLOS press release: In a randomized clinical trial, the effectiveness of different strategies for boosting physical activity varied according to participants’ demographic, psychological, and behavioral characteristics. Xisui Shirley… Read more »

Study suggests distracted learning is a big problem among students

From the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau press release: Scanning social media while listening to a lecture. Watching a favorite television series while studying. Today’s young people frequently… Read more »

Study suggests automatic decision-making prevents us harming others

From the University of Birmingham press release: The processes our brains use to avoid harming other people are automatic and reflexive — and quite different from those used when avoiding… Read more »

Study suggests young adults tend to be rational when selecting potential mates

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: A study published in the journal Psychological Science found that young adults — contrary to how they are sometimes portrayed in the media —… Read more »

Study suggests reminders of past misinformation may prime brain to better recall true memories

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: People who receive reminders of past misinformation may form new factual memories with greater fidelity, according to an article published in the… Read more »