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THE SURPRISING AND POWERFUL LINKS BETWEEN POSTURE AND MOOD
Fast Company: The next time you’re feeling sad and depressed, pay close attention to your posture. According to cognitive scientists, you’ll likely be slumped over with your neck and shoulders curved forward and head looking
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Are Orchids Left and Dandelions Right? Frontal Brain Activation Asymmetry and Its Sensitivity to Developmental Context Paz Fortier, Ryan J. Van Lieshout, Jordana A. Waxman, Michael H.
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Our Gullible Brains
The Atlantic: Can a person be bright? Cold? Soft? Sweet? When the psychologists Solomon Asch and Harriet Nerlove posed these questions to a group of 3- and 4-year-olds in 1960, the response, on the whole
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Is the Antidote to Embarrassment in a Jar?
The Wall Street Journal: Feeling embarrassed can motivate people to want to save face—literally. A study published in the journal Psychological Science found people recalling embarrassing events tended to want to apply face creams that
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Shaping Attention With Reward: Effects of Reward on Space- and Object-Based Selection Sarah Shomstein and Jacoba Johnson The effect of rewards on conscious choice has been extensively
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People Prefer Products That Help Them ‘Save Face’ in Embarrassing Moments
People who are feeling embarrassed are more likely to choose items, such as sunglasses or ‘restorative’ lotion, that hide or ‘repair’ the face, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association
