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‘Retracted memories’: The mind treats false recollections as real
False memories can seem just as real as genuine memories. It should be no surprise, then, that they influence how ...
Self perception: Most of us have a distorted sense of what we actually look like
Most of us are incredibly familiar with the sight of our own faces. But that doesn’t stop us from making ...
These 8 distinct traits are shared by famous psychopaths
What is psychopathy? For a concept that gets endless attention, there’s surprisingly little agreement. Various models have been put forward ...
Only 5 senses? There’s actually 6 more, and here’s how they work
Aristotle’s desperately outdated five sense model may still be popular, but it vastly under-estimates our extraordinary human capacity for sensing ...
Dreaming while awake is possible and other strange facts about dreams
[W]e’ve examined five strange findings about dreaming from the psychology literature: … 3. People who no longer think can still ...
7 weird facts about how humans see the world
It might be the best-studied of all our senses, but surprises about the way our vision works just keep on ...
Only child syndrome? These kids are no more ‘selfish, narcissistic’ than others, study suggests
Wherever you fall in a group of siblings, there are plenty of stereotypes about the sort of person you are ...
How blinking alters the way our brains perceive the passage of time
Every few seconds, each time you blink, your retinas are deprived of visual input for a period lasting anywhere between ...
Personality research: A bright spot in the midst of psychology’s ‘replication crisis’
While psychology has been mired in a “replication crisis” recently – based on the failure of contemporary researchers to recreate ...
Are students harmed when their teachers believe in ‘neuromyths’?
Educational neuromyths include the idea that we learn more effectively when taught via our preferred “learning style”, such as auditory ...
Chess grandmasters live longer—just like elite athletes
It’s well established that elite athletes have a longer life expectancy than the general public. A recent review of over 50 studies ...
Caffeine more than a morning boost? It may increase brain’s ‘useful anarchy’ and ‘processing capacity’
“[B]rain entropy” – intense complexity and irregular variability in brain activity from one moment to the next, [is] marked by greater ...
Boys’ and girls’ brains are different as early as 1 month of age
On average, men and women differ psychologically in small but reliable ways, such as in personality, interests, and cognitive performance, but the basis ...
Are atheists smarter than religious people?
Of course, there are examples of extremely intelligent individuals with strong religious convictions. But various studies have found that, on ...
Self control a limited resource? Ego depletion theory gets a boost
For years, “ego depletion” has been a dominant theory in the study of self control. This is the intuitive idea ...
Brain myths: Views about neuroscience are mostly wrong—even among many scientists
A new US survey published in Frontiers in Psychology finds that belief in brain myths remains widespread, and moreover, that extensive education in neuroscience ...
Psychologist Oliver James claims genes do not influence behavior
The GLP aggregated and excerpted this blog/article to reflect the diversity of news, opinion and analysis. “What”, asks clinical psychologist ...
