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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring nonsuicidal self-injury and mood, atypical neural oscillatory activity in dyslexia, and ADHD-related working memory deficits.
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We Read Emotions Based on How the Eye Sees
We use others’ eyes – whether they’re widened or narrowed – to infer emotional states, and the inferences we make align with the optical function of those expressions.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring the emergence of abstract grammatical categories in children’s speech, the development of a sense of body ownership, and adaptable categorization of hands and tools among prosthesis users.
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
Read about the latest research in Clinical Psychological Science: Impact of Panic on Psychophysiological and Neural Reactivity to Unpredictable Threat in Depression and Anxiety Lynne Lieberman, Stephanie M. Gorka, Stewart A. Shankman, and K. Luan Phan People who have panic disorder (PD) seem to be particularly sensitive to unpredictable threat. In this study, the authors examined whether this sensitivity is specific to PD or is applicable to the continuum of panic symptomatology. Participants with a range of panic symptoms completed a startle task in which they received no shock, a predictable shock, or an unpredictable shock. They then completed a similar task while undergoing fMRI.
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People Assume Sexists Are Also Racist and Vice Versa
The stigma associated with prejudice against women and people of color seems to transfer from one group to another, a series of experiments shows.
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To Please Your Friends, Tell Them What They Already Know
We love to tell friends and family about experiences we’ve had and they haven’t—from exotic vacations to celebrity sightings—but new research suggests that these stories don’t thrill them quite as much as we imagine.
