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Resiliency May Come at a Physical Cost for Some Kids
Children who overcome overcome adversity are seen as resilient, but this resiliency may have health costs that last well into adulthood.
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Picking Up a Second Language Is Predicted by Ability to Learn Patterns
Some people seem to pick up a second language with relative ease, while others have a much more difficult time. Now, a new study suggests that learning to understand and read a second language may be driven, at least in part, by our ability to pick up on statistical regularities. The study is published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. Some research suggests that learning a second language draws on capacities that are language-specific, while other research suggests that it reflects a more general capacity for learning patterns.
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Brain Can Be Trained in Compassion, Study Shows
A study shows that training adults in compassion can result in greater altruistic behavior.
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science. Deliberation's Blindsight: How Cognitive Load Can Improve Judgments Janina A. Hoffmann, Bettina von Helversen, and Jörg Rieskamp When one is under a high cognitive load, why does task performance increase in some cases but decrease in others? Participants performed a multiple-cue judgment task in which they switched from a rule-based to a similarity-based judgment strategy as cognitive load increased. This switch in strategy harmed their performance on linear judgment tasks but improved their performance on nonlinear judgment tasks.
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Study Shows How Bilinguals Switch Between Languages
Individuals who learn two languages at an early age seem to switch back and forth between separate "sound systems" for each language, according to new research conducted at the University of Arizona. The research, to be published in a forthcoming issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, addresses enduring questions in bilingual studies about how bilingual speakers hear and process sound in two different languages.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Clinical Psychological Science. The Frequency and Impact of Exposure to Potentially Traumatic Events Over the Life Course Christin M. Ogle, David C. Rubin, Dorthe Berntsen, and Ilene C. Siegler How does the timing and impact of traumatic events differ across the lifespan? Participants between the ages of 55 and 69 reported the number of times and the age at which they experienced traumatic events, the extent to which the trauma formed a central component of their identity, and their symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).