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Keeping a secret can be a real physical burden
Yahoo: Feeling burdened by a secret? Does being sworn to secrecy make you feel sluggish and tied? That physical anguish isn't all in your head. A new study, published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, found that secrets really do "weigh people down," and not just mentally. Michael Slepian, a researcher at Tufts University, found that in four different tests, keeping a secret proved to have real -- and perceived -- physical effects. In the first test, Slepian and his colleagues found 40 people were told to recall a secret. They were then each asked to estimate the steepness of a hill.
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Most Religious States Revealed in New Survey
LiveScience: If you like to attend church and have a strong connection with religion, Mississippi may be your best bet, according to a new survey finding the Magnolia State is the most religious, followed by Utah and Alabama. At the other end of the pew, Vermont and New Hampshire came in as the least religious U.S. states. Individuals who indicated that religion is an important part of their daily life and that they attend religious services every week or almost every week were classified as "very religious" by Gallup officials. Read the whole story: LiveScience
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Grumpy Young Men
TIME: This will come as a big surprise to all those wives and girlfriends out there: a new study finds that men in uniform – even absent combat – are harder to get along with than civilian guys. Military men tend to be more aggressive, more competitive, less concerned with others’ feelings, less neurotic and less likely to worry than their civilian brothers, according to a study in the journal Psychological Science. This could be a good thing, the study notes. Read the whole story: TIME
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El cansancio y los encuentros agresivos afectan la memoria de los policías
CNN Mexico: Los oficiales de policía que tienen al menos 60 segundos de actividad física intensa durante un encuentro combativo pueden sufrir pérdida de memoria, según un estudio publicado en la revista Psychological Science. Los investigadores descubrieron que los agentes que perseguían a un sospechoso o que participaban en un altercado físico con una persona olvidaban detalles del incidente e incluso eran incapaces de identificar al sospechoso en una fila. Lorraine Hope, de la Universidad de Portsmouth en Gran Bretaña y autora principal del estudio, dijo que los hallazgos son una "advertencia" para los oficiales, jefes de policía e incluso para el sistema judicial.
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Putting and Perception: How does Tiger “see” Augusta?
I’m a huge Tiger Woods fan, and I’ve never wavered, even as he has suffered through one of the worst slumps in the history of golf. Tiger ruled the sport for more than a decade, before a sex scandal and injuries derailed him in 2009. He’s never regained his form or confidence, but I haven’t given up on his redemption. There’s a glimmer of hope. In late March, Tiger won his first PGA tour event in 30 months, offering a glimpse of his former dominance. But the real proof that he’s the same old Tiger will be winning a major tournament, and the major of all majors is taking place this week, as golf’s elite meet in Augusta, Georgia for the Masters.
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Income Inequality and Distrust Foster Academic Dishonesty
College professors and students are in an arms race over cheating. Students find new sources for pre-written term papers; professors find new ways to check the texts they get for plagiarized material. But why are all these young people cheating? A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, suggests one reason: income inequality, which decreases the general trust people have toward each other. Lukas Neville, a doctoral student at Queen’s University in Ontario, was inspired to do the study by his own teaching experience. “I ran into the question of academic dishonesty firsthand,” he says.
