Tag: punishment

Study identifies brain areas responsible for punishment-related decisions

From the National Research University Higher School of Economics press release: Oksana Zinchenko, Research Fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, HSE University, has conducted meta-analysis of 17 articles to… Read more »

Motivation through punishment may not work

From the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, JMU press release: Parents scold their children to correct their behaviour, hoping that their offspring will discontinue their misbehaviour as a result. What’s paradoxical about this kind… Read more »

Corporal punishment viewed as more acceptable and effective when referred to as spanking

From the Southern Methodist University media release: Parents and nonparents alike feel better about corporal punishment when it’s called ‘spanking’ rather than ‘hitting’ or ‘beating,’ according to a new study by… Read more »