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Scientists Explore How Nutrition May Feed Mental Health
A special section in Clinical Psychological Science highlights the different approaches that psychology researchers are taking to understand the many ways in which nutrition and mental health intersect.
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Do You See the Forest or the Tree? Neural Gain and Breadth Versus Focus in Perceptual Processing Eran Eldar, Yael Niv, and Jonathan D. Cohen How is the balance between focus and breadth determined during perceptual processing? The authors hypothesized that this balance is determined by neural gain such that high gain leads to perceptual processing being dominated by the most salient signal (focus), whereas low gain results in weak and strong inputs producing more equal neural activity (breadth).
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$384,961.42 for a House? When Precise Bids Work and When They Backfire
Making a very precise offer for a car or a house may hurt your chances of success if you’re negotiating with someone who has expertise in that area, a series of studies shows.
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Some Cognitive Skills Are Easier to Train Later
Older adolescents and adults can learn certain thinking skills, including non-verbal reasoning, more effectively than younger people.
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Individuals’ Well-Being Linked With When and How They Manage Emotions
Using reappraisal to regulate our emotions in situations we actually have control over may be associated with lower well-being, researchers find.
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Using Science to Understand How Ballot Design Impacts Voter Behavior
Concern over the security of the voting process is a recurring issue, but psychological science suggests an even bigger problem may lurk within our voting systems: poor design.