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Appetizing imagery puts visual perception on fast forward

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From the Association for Psychological Science press release: People rated images containing positive content as fading more smoothly compared with neutral and negative images, even when they faded at the same rate, according to findings published… 

Anxious moms may give clues about how anxiety develops

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From the Penn State press release: Moms may be notorious worriers, but babies of anxious mothers may also spend more time focusing on threats in their environment, according to a team of researchers. In a… 

Managing negative emotions can help pregnant smokers quit

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From the University at Buffalo press release: A new study by scientists in the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions has shown that pregnant smokers are more likely to quit if they can learn to… 

Study examines gap between feelings and content on Twitter

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From the University of Warwick press release: Twitter is an unreliable witness to the world’s emotions, according to University of Warwick sociology expert Dr Eric Jensen. In a new paper, Dr Jensen, Associate Professor in the… 

Scientists pinpoint 27 states of emotion

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From the University of California – Berkeley press release: The Emoji Movie, in which the protagonist can’t help but express a wide variety of emotions instead of the one assigned to him, may have gotten something…