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Zoom and Alcohol Don’t Mix—Looking at Yourself During Online Social Gatherings May Worsen Mood; Alcohol May Increase This Effect
The more a person stares at themselves while talking with a partner in an online chat, the more their mood degrades over the course of the conversation, a new study finds. Alcohol use appears to worsen this effect.
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Our Mood Doesn’t Affect Our Behavior as Much as Our Habits Do, Says New Research
A new study published in Psychological Science reveals that we often blame our mood for our behavior even though it is, in many cases, prompted by habit. According to the study, this bias frequently leads us to misattribute the
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Apple is Studying Mood Detection Using iPhone Data. Critics Say the Tech is Flawed
New information about a current study between UCLA and Apple shows that the iPhone maker is using facial recognition, patterns of speech, and an array of other passive behavior tracking to detect depression. The report
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New Research From Clinical Psychological Science
A sample of research on psychopathology classification, meditation’s adverse effects, trauma and memory, obsessive compulsive disorder, placebo effects, inferences training, disgust and moral rigidity, and psychotic-like experiences.
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New Content From Perspectives on Psychological Science
A sample of articles on neonatal imitation, the shared-attention system, social interaction in autism, the correct use of p values, the development of executive function, mindfulness interventions, Duchenne smiles, and neurodiversity and mental functioning.
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2020 Society for Affective Science Conference
The Society for Affective Science Conference will be help April 23 – 25, 2020 in San Francisco, CA.
