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Morality starts young
The key to successful social interactions is the ability to assess others’ intentions — be they friend or foe. A new study in 6- and 10-month-old infants shows that humans engage in social evaluations even earlier than ...
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Consciousness & mind related articles in Psychological Science
Psychological Science is out with a new issue that brings several articles relevant to the SCR audience. Here, we bring some selected abstracts.
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Call for papers: Psychophysiology — cognitive and affective processes
Psychophysiology was the first journal dedicated to the publication of research on relationships between the physiological and psychological aspects of brain and behavior, and it remains the most well-established journal in thi...
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Measuring pain
Nature News features an article about a recent study relating pain intensity and EEG signals. Recordings from electrodes in the human brain may offer the first objective way to measure the intensity of pain. Researchers say tha...
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Rare great ape fossil challenges theory of primate evolution
From physorg.com: Archaeologists have discovered the ancient jawbone of what appears to be a new species of ape that was very close to the last common ancestor of gorillas, chimpanzees and humans, a study released Monday said. ...
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That friendly car is smiling at me: When products are perceived as people
From physorg.com: A forthcoming study from the Journal of Consumer Research looks at how consumers anthropomorphize products, endowing a car or a pair of shoes with human characteristics and personalities. The researchers, from...
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Contextualized Self-Representations in Adulthood
Theorizing has focused on individuals’ self-representations as a psychological resource for coping with life stress and developmental challenges in adulthood. Many of the prominent theories have conceptualized self-repres...
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Distance changes face perception?
This is probably one of the best illusions ever! Please do the following: look at the above images from your seat in front of the computer; Mr. Angry is on the left, and Ms.Calm is on the right. Now, get up from your seat, an...
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Brain Chemicals Involved In Aggression Identified
From ScienceDaily (Nov. 7, 2007) — School shootings. Muggings. Murder. Road rage. After decreasing for more than a decade, the rate of violent crime in the United States has begun to inch up again. According to the FBI’...
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Decision-making special issue in Science:
From Mind Hacks: This week’s Science has a special selection of papers on the psychology and neuroscience of decision making. While most of the articles are closed-access, one on how game theory and neuroscience are helpi...