PsyBlog digs into psych study history and answers the question, Does Playing Hard To Get Work?: [E]very time psychologists used an experiment to test the idea that playing hard to get is a good dating strategy, their results didn’t make any sense. At least not until 1973 when Elaine Walster and colleagues at the University […]
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Don’t want to learn an instrument? Just turn on the radio. From the L.A. Times: “Music is sort of the perfect activity that people can engage in from young to older years. It affects how the brain develops and affects how the brain changes in structure” at any age, Schlaug says. For the mature brain,
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Another study, again posted by the New York Times, suggests a little bit of physical contact does big things. [I]n recent years some researchers have begun to focus on a different, often more subtle kind of wordless communication: physical contact. Momentary touches, they say — whether an exuberant high five, a warm hand on the
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Study of the day, as posted by the New York Times: Up to a quarter of all women suffer from depression during pregnancy, and many are reluctant to take antidepressants. Now a new study suggests that acupuncture may provide some relief during pregnancy, even though it has not been found to be an effective treatment
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An NPR story about a report that details how little the facts matter to people–beliefs trump science again and again. “People tend to conform their factual beliefs to ones that are consistent with their cultural outlook, their world view,” Braman says. The Cultural Cognition Project has conducted several experiments to back that up…
A study shows exercise decreases anxiety in people suffering from chronic illnesses. Ill or not, try testing out the difference between a day with exercise and a day without. Exercise usually equals less worry, more sleep. From the L.A. Times: [I]f you exercise regularly, you will likely feel much less anxious — regardless of the
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