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Genetic Variation Contributes to Individual Differences in Pleasure
Differences in how our brains respond when we’re anticipating a financial reward are due, in part, to genetic differences.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring: rewards, attention, and working memory; testosterone and emotional control in police recruits; and gene-environment interactions linking early adversity and romantic relationships.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring genetic variation and social-rejection sensitivity, judging impurity versus harm, and contextual fear learning.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring perceived weight discrimination and physiological dysregulation, fear conditioning, motor-memory consolidation, and infants’ learning to reach to the self.
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Weaknesses in Emotion-Expression Research Outlined in New Report
Software that purportedly reads emotions in faces is being deployed or tested for surveillance, hiring, market research, and more. But a report in Psychological Science in the Public Interest finds that facial movements are an inexact gauge of a person’s feelings, behaviors or intentions.
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Your Spending Data May Reveal Aspects of Your Personality
Analyses of financial data from more than 2,000 people show that spending in certain categories signals personality traits.
