Psychology

Psychology

Kids share, chimps stash

Divvying up goods comes easily to 3-year-old kids but not to adult chimps, a finding with evolutionary implications.

Psychology

Narcissists need no reality check

Masters of vanity know they’re arrogant and disliked, but see own bigheadedness as justified.

Psychology

Sleeping babies learn in an eyeblink

To learn about spoken words and other sounds, 1-month-old babies sleep on it.

Psychology

Math disability tied to bad number sense

Children who don’t grasp arithmetic at all, unlike below-average students, have little feel for estimating quantities.

Psychology

Some fights vanish in plain sight

People engrossed in a task frequently overlook the seemingly obvious, such as a loud brawl.

Psychology

Kids own up to ownership

Children value personal ownership more than adults do and may need to learn when to disregard possessive urges.

Psychology

Geometric minds skip school

Villagers' understanding of lines and triangles raises questions about how people learn the properties of objects in space.

Psychology

Eyes take gossip to heart

Reading negative gossip about someone makes that person’s face easier to perceive.

Psychology

Autism rates head up

Disorders may affect more kids than previously thought, a study in South Korea suggests.

Psychology

Thinking better with depression

Study suggests people with the mood disorder have an advantage when making certain decisions.

Psychology

Why some gorillas go unseen

Attention differences help to explain why some people don't notice surprising sights.

Psychology

Shocking experiment shows talk is cheap

Though most people swear they'd never hurt anybody for money, most are also quick to shock a new acquaintance for a few quid when actually given the chance, a British study finds.