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Your first time… A new poll rates people’s most memorable events from kisses to mid-life crises
Daily Mail: That first kiss is regarded by many as a life-changing moment. But a new poll ranked it as seventh on a scale of people’s most memorable experiences. Over 2,000 people across the UK were asked to rate their top 15 firsts from getting drunk to having a mid life crisis and reveal the age at which the event occurred. Read more: Daily Mail
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Redd for rødt
Forskning Norway: Farger virker på oss, og rødt virker sterkest. Nå har forsøk med makake-aper vist at når vi ”ser rødt”, så er reaksjonen trolig impregnert i genene. Men rødt er ikke bare sinne. Rødt er også frykt – som for eksempel når vi ser at noen er rød i fjeset av sinne. Forskere fra Dartmouth College i USA gjorde forsøk med viltlevende rhesusaper (Macaca mulatta) i Puerto Rico. De viste frykt for rødt. Mannlige og kvinnelige forsøkspersoner kledte seg i forskjellige farger, og tilbød apene en fristende epleskive på et plastfat. Read more: Forskning Norway
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New Research From Psychological Science
Do 18-Month-Olds Really Attribute Mental States to Others? A Critical Test Atsushi Senju, Victoria Southgate, Charlotte Snape, Mark Leonard, and Gergely Csibra Studies have suggested that infants can attribute beliefs to other people. In an independent test of this hypothesis, infants were blindfolded with an opaque blindfold (opaque condition) or a transparent blindfold that appeared opaque (trick condition). Then both groups watched a video of an actor wearing a blindfold while a puppet (the white bear) removed a toy from a box.
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L’amore in una coppia? È come il tango
Style Italia: Non è il caso di mettersi a "lavorare" da soli per salvare la coppia, quando ci sono dei problemi e il partner non si sta più impegnando. Non servirà. Anzi, è addirittura controproducente che uno dei due sia dia molto da fare, mentre l'altro trascura la relazione. Lo dice la ricerca (pubblicata sull'ultimo numero di "Psychological Science", la rivista della Association for Psychological Science) di sei studiosi, Minda Oriña del St. Olaf College; Andrew Collins, Jeffry Simpson, Jessica Salvatore e John Kim dell'Università del Minnesota e Katherine Haydon della University of Illinois. Leggere piu/Read more: Style Italia
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The Power of Red
Allure Magazine: Red is not a color you wear when you're feeling shy. You swipe on red lipstick or put on a red dress when you want to be noticed. It's sexy but assertive, not demure. After all, it's also the color of stop signs, of anger, of extreme heat. But where does red get its power? A few new studies aimed to answer that question. The first, published in the upcoming issue of the journal Psychological Science, asks whether our ideas about the color red are cultural or if they have deeper, biological roots. The authors think it might be a product of evolution, not just convention.
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New report suggests coffee should be sold with a warning
BBC News: A new study published in the journal Personality and Individual Differences suggests that coffee should come with a health warning. Professor Simon Crowe led the team that looked into the effects of coffee for La Trobe University in Victoria. He tells Radio 5 live Up All Night's Rhod Sharp that if you have got a high-stress lifestyle and a heavy caffeine habit you could be getting more than you bargained for; you could start hearing voices. Listen: BBC News