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Infectious Diseases and Perceptions of Self
The threat of infection seems to increase individuals’ interest in improving their physical appearance. Visit Page
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Who Am I, Facebook?
Researchers in Germany examined how people’s connectedness to social media platforms such as Facebook influence users’ self-concept. Visit Page
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Books to Check out: January 2017
Liberation Psychology, Technologies of Mind Management and Self Actualization by Denis Carville; Denis Carville, September 20, 2016. Payoff: The Hidden Logic That Shapes Our Motivations by Dan Ariely; TED Books, Simon & Schuster, November 15 Visit Page
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Yours or Mine? How We Handle Objects Depends on Who Owns Them
From scissors and staplers to car keys and cell phones, we pass objects to other people every day. We often try to pass the objects so that the handle or other useful feature is facing Visit Page
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: Backward Semantic Inhibition in Toddlers Janette Chow, Anne M. Aimola Davies, Luis J. Fuentes, and Kim Plunkett Studies in adults have suggested that backward inhibition, or inhibition Visit Page
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To Know Thyself, Turn to Science
No matter how well we think we know our own traits, behaviors, and beliefs, experiments show that friends may have insights about us that we lack ourselves, says APS William James Fellow Timothy D. Wilson. Visit Page
