Principles of Social Psych

Asking a person to talk about their parents in therapy can distort memories of childhood emotions

14 October 2024

New research suggests a person's feelings towards a parent can be significantly changed when they are asked to evaluate them during talking therapy, even when the question isn't suggestive. [...]

Regional Accents: Spontaneous Biases Toward Speakers Who Sound Like Us

14 October 2024

Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Ahead of Print. Accents provide information about a speaker's geographical, socio-economic, and ethnic background. An additional important variable in the social evaluation of accented [...]

Students who feel more university connection may be more likely to binge drink, study finds

14 October 2024

Mentally healthy college students who felt connected to their university were more likely to binge drink than those who did not feel connected to their university, according to a new [...]

What is text pesting? A third of young women experience this type of harassment

13 October 2024

When 28-year-old publicist Millie got out of her taxi and into the safety of her home, she expected to slide on a pair of slippers and watch some trashy reality [...]

Emerging Insights on the Role of Social Networks in Intergroup Friendship

13 October 2024

Current Directions in Psychological Science, Ahead of Print. Research on intergroup friendships has historically focused on individuals and dyads. Only recently has research begun to examine intergroup friendship in the [...]

My Attempt at Explaining the Murder, Rape and Famine in Sudan

13 October 2024

My attempt at explaining the murder, rape and famine in Sudan. [...]

How do we recognize other people's emotions?

13 October 2024

For recognizing people's emotions, facial expressions do play an important role. However, they are not the only crucial factor. [...]

Bilingualism makes the brain more efficient, especially when learned at a young age

12 October 2024

A new study from The Neuro (Montreal Neurological Institute-Hospital) of McGill university, the University of Ottawa and the University of Zaragoza in Spain elaborates on bilingualism's role in cognition, showing [...]

Essentializing Happiness Mitigates the Changes in Subjective Well-Being Following Negative Life Events

11 October 2024

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Ahead of Print. People hold different beliefs about the changeability of happiness. Some believe that happiness is biologically predetermined and thus unchangeable (essentialist beliefs), while [...]

Sleep, Well-Being, and Cognition in Medical Interns on a Float or Overnight Call Schedule

11 October 2024

This cohort study evaluates sleep, well-being, and cognition between interns working irregular, extended shifts and those working a more regular schedule with restricted hours. [...]

Information Regarding Shared Genes Between Humans Improves Attitudes Towards World Members

11 October 2024

ABSTRACT Laypeople reason that different races share 68% of their genes. In fact, the Human Genome Project indicates that humans, regardless of race, share 99.9% of our genetic material and [...]

People with dyslexia and dyscalculia show less bias, study shows

11 October 2024

Dyslexia and dyscalculia are most commonly acknowledged as posing challenges linked to people's literacy and numeracy. However, a new study has shown those with the conditions may have previously unheralded [...]

Texting while walking puts pedestrians in danger

9 October 2024

Research analyzing actual pedestrian interactions with vehicles on busy streets concludes that distracted pedestrians face higher safety risks compared with undistracted road users. The study found that distracted pedestrians often [...]

Another step towards decoding smell

9 October 2024

We often only realize how important our sense of smell is when it is no longer there: food is not as tasty as it once was, or we no longer [...]

Damage to Brainstem Implicated in Long COVID

9 October 2024

Source: United Press International - Health NewsDamage to the brainstem could be behind the physical and psychological effects of long COVID, a new study suggests. Brain scans of 30 long [...]