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A ‘Bite-Size’ Rebuttal
In the January 2012 issue of Perspectives on Psychological Science, two articles were published in which the authors argued that the trend of increasingly shorter journal articles could have a negative impact on research efforts.
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Babies Know What’s Fair
“That’s not fair!” It’s a common playground complaint. But how early do children acquire this sense of fairness? Before they’re 2, says a new study. “We found that 19- and 21-month-old infants have a general
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Uomini e donne: quanti malintesi!
la Repubblica: Per la prima volta degli scienziati affrontano seriamente il problema dell’interpretazione dei segnali erotico-amorosi tra i sessi. Scoprendo come spesso gli uomini fraintendono i messaggi ma proprio per questo hanno successo. ne abbiamo
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The Secret To Memorable Vacations: Keep ‘Em Short And End ‘Em Sweet
TIME: In an earlier post we described research showing that people get more long-lasting satisfaction from money spent on experiences than money spent on material goods. If you read that post and took it to
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Why the last chocolate tastes the best
The Telegraph: Psychologists discovered that people become “motivated” when they know an experience is about to be completed. The University of Michigan study found that this led to a person thinking the experience would end
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Comment réduire la douleur sans médicaments
Le Figaro: On en sait aujourd’hui plus sur les mécanismes cérébraux à l’origine d’une baisse de la sensation de douleur sans antalgiques. Des études avaient déjà montré que l’effet placebo (on donne au patient un
