Believing in a watchful God makes you more “moralistic”
The type of God you follow can determine how you behave towards other people, shows new research.
View ArticleFrustrated employees are more effective
Some amount of frustration can prompt us to take new initiatives and introduce new effective methods at work, shows new research.
View ArticleHow extremists become ex-extremists
Ideology is not the barrier that stops an extremist from abandoning their radical views and reintegrating into the community, shows new research.
View ArticleWhat causes spring fever?
Is it a pure biological response that makes us lustier and happier in the spring? Or is it just because we think we’re supposed to feel that way?
View ArticleHow are we affected by colours?
Does the colour of the room really affect our mood? And If so, is the effect universal?
View ArticleApp will improve patient-doctor communication
A new patient controlled app, Momentum, will improve communications between patients and psychiatrists.
View ArticleAnorexics misjudge their own reflection
When a girl diagnosed with anorexia views herself in the mirror she acquires a less correct impression of how she looks than when she simply relies on her
View ArticleHow to get over your fear of spiders
Seeing what you fear the most between short intervals can trick the brain into being less frightened.
View ArticleWhat makes a hunter pull the trigger—or refrain?
It’s more than the size of the antlers that makes Norwegian red deer hunters decide to shoot, researchers have found.
View ArticleSelf-harm links to violence against others
Researchers behind a Swedish study do not think that self-harm leads to violent crimes. But there is an underlying association between deliberate self-harm and
View ArticleSome schizophrenia patients can cope without medication
New study challenges our understanding of schizophrenia as a chronic disease that requires lifelong treatment.
View ArticleHow to spot a liar
If someone copies your body language it might be a sign that they are lying to you.
View ArticlePsychological impacts of terrorist attacks transcend borders
The terrorist attack by Anders Breivik in Norway in 2011 caused a dramatic increase in trauma- and stressor-related disorders in Denmark, concludes a new study.
View ArticleTeaching students to go easier on themselves
A two-week long course on self-compassion made university students less depressed and improved their mental health.
View ArticleNo, we are not swimming in psychopaths
Swedish researcher Karolina Sörman thinks some of us display a morbid curiosity about psychopaths.
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