Category: Perception

Study suggests diversity promotes tolerance towards different groups if it catches people by surprise

Ashley March 27, 2013 Comments Off

From the University of Kent press release via AlphaGalileo: Psychologists have shown that diversity promotes tolerance towards different groups if it catches people by surprise. In a paper published by… Read more »

Study suggests linking reward to image is enough to activate visual cortex

Ashley March 27, 2013 Comments Off

From the KU Leuven press release via ScienceDaily: Once rhesus monkeys learn to associate a picture with a reward, the reward by itself becomes enough to alter the activity in… Read more »

Study suggests that having more options may lead to riskier decisions

Ashley March 25, 2013 Comments Off

From the University of Warwick press release: The more choices people have, the riskier the decisions they make, according to a new study which sheds light on how we behave… Read more »

Study examines how spatial perceptions influence experience of time

Ashley March 22, 2013 Comments Off

From the Association for Psychological Science press release via HealthCanal: We say that time flies, it marches on, it flows like a river — our descriptions of time are closely… Read more »

Study examines psychological effects of plastic surgery

Sue March 21, 2013 Comments Off

From the Ruhr-Universität Bochum press release via EurekAlert!: In a long-term study, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Margraf, Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the RUB, investigated the… Read more »

Study suggests food memories can help with weight loss

Ashley March 20, 2013 Comments Off

From the University of Liverpool press release via MedicalXpress: Research led by a psychologist at the University of Liverpool has found that using memories of recent meals reduces the amount… Read more »

Study suggests contrast in facial features affects perception of age

Ashley March 19, 2013 Comments Off

From the Gettysburg College press release by Kendra Martin via MedicalXpress: The contrasting nature of facial features is one of the signals that people unconsciously use to decipher how old… Read more »

Study suggests video game “exercise” for an hour a day may enhance certain cognitive skills

Ashley March 18, 2013 Comments Off

From the Public Library of Science press release via ScienceDaily: Playing video games for an hour each day can improve subsequent performance on cognitive tasks that use similar mental processes… Read more »

Study examines effect of complicated grief on perception of future

Ashley March 18, 2013 Comments Off

From the Association for Psychological Science press release: People suffering from complicated grief may have difficulty recalling specific events from their past or imagining specific events in the future, but… Read more »

Reserachers discover how cells transmit certain types of taste information to brain

Sue March 16, 2013 Comments Off

From the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: Saying that the sense of taste is complicated is an understatement, that it is little understood, even more… Read more »