Psychology
- Psychology
Stress hormone rise linked to less risky financial decisions
People given cortisol chose safer options, suggesting inherent risk aversion as an overlooked variable in financial crises.
- Science & Society
Figure skating judges get a 10 for duplicity
Sport’s reform efforts have resulted in more nationalistic bias and vote trading.
- Neuroscience
Famous brain surgery patient H.M. retained a chunk of hippocampus
The patient's amnesia was probably due to the loss of other regions and neural connections.
- Psychology
The most (and least) realistic movie psychopaths ever
A forensic psychologist spent three years watching 400 movies to trace portrayals of psychopaths.
- Psychology
Migraines respond to great expectations
Patients get more pain relief from drug and placebo labeled as headache busters than from those labeled as dummy pills.
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- Psychology
Year in Review: DSM-5’s controversial debut
The diagnostic manual updates disorder criteria.
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- Psychology
When stressed, the brain goes ‘cheap’
A new study shows that stress makes you go with your gut, biasing your decisions against the more “expensive” method of thinking things through.
- Psychology
Barcelona soccer team’s 2009 wins led to slight baby boom
In Bages, birth rates rose 16 percent, but in Barcelona they only increased 1.2 percent.
- Psychology
The Tell
The Little Clues That Reveal Big Truths About Who We Are by Matthew Hertenstein.
- Science & Society
Heal thy neighbor
As antidepressants and other drugs gradually replace psychotherapy in the United States, new forms of the talking cure are growing in popularity in developing countries ravaged by civil war and poverty.
