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New Research on Genetics and Intelligence
Read about the latest research on genetics and intelligence: Literacy and Numeracy Are More Heritable Than Intelligence in Primary School Yulia Kovas, Ivan Voronin, Andrey Kaydalov, Sergey B. Malykh, Philip S. Dale, and Robert Plomin
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Staying Focused in the Face of Distractions
Avoiding distractions – the usual advice for staying attentive – may not actually be the best answer to keeping on task, a study shows.
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‘Belief superiority’: A reason for the political impasse?
The Washington Post: As we enter the second week of the government shutdown with legislators unwilling to reach across the aisle to find a compromise, it seems appropriate that a study on extreme political views
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We identify people by their body, when face is no help
The Telegraph: When trying to recognise someone from far away or when their face is obscured, the brain uses information from a person’s body size and shape to figure out who it is. Scientists had
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Stop Making Eye Contact
New York Magazine: It’s always tough to determine the appropriate amount of time to hold someone’s gaze. Too short, and you risk seeming bored or distractible; too long, and you look like you might be
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Genes May Predispose Some People to Focus on the Negative
New research finds that a previously known gene variant may predispose individuals to perceive emotional events — especially negative ones — more vividly than others. The new findings are published in Psychological Science, a journal of the
