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Osservare le regole? Può creare frustrazione (Observing the rules can create frustration)
La Stampa: La frustrazione non si scatena esclusivamente quando una persona non riesce a centrare un obiettivo produttivo o ad appagare un bisogno positivo. Se l’essere umano non coglie al volo la possibilità di violare una regola, barare, imbrogliare, insomma di adottare un atteggiamento controproducente e negativo, il senso di inadeguatezza si presenterà ugualmente. Lo dimostra un nuovo studio dell’Ohio State University. Si tratta della prima ricerca a concentrarsi sulla frustrazione generata dal mancato soddisfacimento delle esigenze negative. Read the whole story: La Stampa
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Can Our Beliefs About Exercise Make Us Fat?
Everyone is an expert when it comes to weight and weight control, and I’m no exception. I am what’s known as an “exercise theorist.” That is, I ascribe to the lay theory that sedentary lifestyle is a major cause of obesity, and that regular exercise is the cure. That’s one of the reasons I show up at the gym most days—and nag others to come with me. Not everyone agrees with this. In fact, so-called “diet theorists” believe that food is much more important than exercise. These everyday theorists believe that the obesity epidemic sweeping the U.S. and other developed countries is a consequence of portion size and fattening food choices.
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Mindfulness Helps Us Understand Our True Personalities, Study Says
The Huffington Post: It's easy to have blind spots when examining our own selves and personalities. After all, it's incredibly difficult to judge ourselves in an objective manner. But a new study suggests the best way to really get to know ourselves -- without help from rose-colored glasses -- is through mindfulness. The study, published in the journal Perspectives on Psychological Science, shows just how mindfulness can help us really know ourselves, without the negative or positive bias. This is important because "blind spots" in knowing ourselves can spell trouble.
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Good News Beats Bad on Social Networks
The New York Times: BAD NEWS SELLS. If it bleeds, it leads. No news is good news, and good news is no news. Those are the classic rules for the evening broadcasts and the morning papers, based partly on data (ratings and circulation) and partly on the gut instincts of producers and editors. Wars, earthquakes, plagues, floods, fires, sick children, murdered spouses — the more suffering and mayhem, the more coverage. But now that information is being spread and monitored in different ways, researchers are discovering new rules.
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People perceive future events closer than past
Business Standard: People perceive events in the future as closer than those in the past, as it helps them to approach, avoid or otherwise cope with the events they encounter, a new study has found. Researchers suggest that the illusions that influence how we perceive movement through space also influence our perception of time. The findings provide evidence that our experiences of space and time have even more in common than previously thought.
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science. Sleep Consolidation of Interfering Auditory Memories in Starlings Timothy P. Brawn, Howard C. Nusbaum, and Daniel Margoliash In this study, the authors examined the effect of sleep on the consolidation of starlings' memories. Starlings were trained and tested on two similar classification tasks (Task A and Task B). After training on Task B, they were given a final test on Task A. Training and testing on Task B and the final test on Task A occurred before or after a period of sleep.
