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Effect of Facial Expression on Emotional State Not Replicated in Multilab Study
A coordinated replication effort conducted across 17 labs found no evidence that surreptitiously inducing people to smile or frown affects their emotional state. The findings of the replication project have been published as part of
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APS to Launch New Research Methods and Practices Journal
APS is beginning plans to launch a new journal that will encourage integration of methodological and analytical questions across multiple branches of psychological science.
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Turns Out, Faking a Smile Might Not Make You Happier After All
Live Science: Perhaps you’ve heard that you can brighten your mood just by faking a smile. But that idea, which came out of a psychological experiment from the 1980s, may not be true after all, as scientists were
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Two Priming Effects to Be Examined in New Registered Replication Reports With Combined Protocol
APS is excited to announce two new Registered Replication Report (RRR) projects. These reports will be published in APS’s new journal, Advances in Methodologies and Practices in Psychological Science
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Effect of Commitment on Forgiveness Investigated in Large-Scale Replication Project
After a betrayal of trust, what motivates an aggrieved partner to try and resolve the problem instead of walking away or seeking revenge? Many studies have indicated that how people respond to a partner’s betrayal
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Seven Selfish Reasons for Preregistration
Psychological scientists Eric-Jan Wagenmakers and Gilles Dutilh present an illustrated guide to the career benefits of submitting your research plans before beginning your data collection.
