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Self-affirmation boosts social confidence:
Toronto Sun: It may sound like another version of “I’m good enough, I’m smart enough and, doggone it, people like me,” but some Canadian researchers say self-affirmation has real-life social benefits. “Self-affirmation seems to provide Visit Page
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Brand-conscious consumers see brand failure as a threat to their self-image
The Economic Times: WASHINGTON: A new study by a University of Illinois marketing expert has indicated that consumers with close ties to a brand respond to negative information about the beloved brand as they do Visit Page
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Macho Men
“I’ve Got to Be a Macho, Macho Man.” Village People said it, but research has the science to back it up. An article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science explains that when men feel Visit Page
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Think it’s easy to be macho? Psychologists show how ‘precarious’ manhood is
Manhood is a “precarious” status—difficult to earn and easy to lose. And when it’s threatened, men see aggression as a good way to hold onto it. These are the conclusions of a new article by Visit Page
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Alcohol, Mood and Me (Not You)
Thanks in part to studies that follow subjects for a long time, psychologists are learning more about differences between people. In a new article published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Visit Page
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El efecto ilusorio de los suplementos nutricionales
BBC Mundo: La mayoría de estos consumidores, tal como reveló un estudio en Estados Unidos, los toman porque “son buenos para la salud”. Pero ahora una nueva investigación sobre estos productos -que incluyen uno o Visit Page
