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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Clinical Psychological Science: Interpersonal Problems and Negative Affect in Borderline Personality and Depressive Disorders in Daily Life Johanna Hepp, Sean P. Lane, Ryan W. Carpenter, Inga Niedtfeld, Whitney C. Brown, and Timothy J. Trull Affective instability is one of the key markers of borderline personality disorder (BPD), in which high levels of negative affect may be a possible trigger for problem behaviors. Researchers examined the relationship between interpersonal problems and negative affect in people with BPD.
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Estimating Parallel Processing in a Language Task Using Single-Trial Intracerebral Electroencephalography A.-Sophie Dubarry, Anais Llorens, Agnès Trébuchon, Romain Carron, Catherine Liégeois-Chauvel, Christian-G. Bénar, and F.-Xavier Alario There is still much debate as to whether cognitive processing occurs sequentially or in parallel for specific tasks. The authors examined the extent to which parallel processing occurs during picture naming by recording intercerebral activity from the cortex of patients with epilepsy while they performed a picture-naming task.
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A 48-Hour Sexual ‘Afterglow’ Helps to Bond Partners Over Time
A study of newlywed couples indicates that partners experience a sexual ‘afterglow’ that lasts for up to two days and is linked with relationship quality over the long term.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring suppression of competing memories in substance-related and addictive disorders and etiology of triarchic psychopathy dimensions in chimpanzees.
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Imagining Dialogue Can Boost Critical Thinking
Examining an issue as a debate or dialogue between two sides helps people apply deeper, more sophisticated reasoning when thinking about that issue.
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: When Perception Trumps Reality: Perceived, Not Objective, Meaning of Primes Drives Stroop Priming Anders Sand and Mats E. Nilsson The researchers investigated whether the perceived meaning of a stimulus, rather than the objective meaning, drives semantic congruency priming. Researchers used a Stroop priming paradigm to present participants with stimuli. A prime word, either the word "blue" or "red," was displayed in gray font for varying amounts of time. The prime was followed by a target stimulus, either a blue or a red rectangle.