Tag: personality

Study looks at information exchange between separate identities in patients with disassociative identity disorder

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From the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) press release via MedicalXpress: People with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) are able to exchange information among their separate identities. This has been… Read more »

Study suggests exposure to sexual content in popular movies predicts sexual behaviour in adolescence

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From the Association for Psychological Science press release via EurekAlert!: Intuitively it simply makes sense: exposure to sexual content in movies at an early age probably influences adolescents’ sexual behavior…. Read more »

Study suggests individual differences in altruism explained by brain region involved in empathy

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From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: What can explain extreme differences in altruism among individuals, from Ebenezer Scrooge to Mother Teresa? It may all come down to variation… Read more »

Study suggests personality scale could help advertisers target online audiences

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From the University of Missouri press release: Online advertising has become prevalent in the past five years, and social media sites, such as Facebook, have played a major role. Now,… Read more »

Study suggests redefining narcissism in a social media world

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From the UNC Wilmington press release via Newswise: A new study conducted by associate professor Bruce McKinney at the University of North Carolina Wilmington shows Facebook users are not as… Read more »

Study suggests reward sensitivity increases food ‘wanting’ following television ‘junk food’ commercials

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From the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behaviour via EurekAlert!: Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the… Read more »

Researchers examine mechanisms behind multiple personality disorder

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From the King’s College London press release via HealthCanal: New research from King’s College London’s Institute of Psychiatry brings us closer to understanding the mechanisms behind multiple personality disorder.  The… Read more »

Study suggests what people like about social networking is the self-esteem boost it offers

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From the University of Georgia press release: People love social networks. That’s the obvious conclusion from Facebook’s 900 million active users and its current standing as one of the most… Read more »