What happens to deferred intentions in the brain?
Completed intentions are often not deactivated immediately but continue to affect people, especially when it comes to implementing new intentions.... Read More...
behavior
People think marketing and political campaigns use psychology to influence their behaviors
While people believe advertising and political campaigns exploit psychological research to control their unconscious behavior, many still feel the choices they make are their own.... Read More...
Is the marshmallow test still valid?
A new replication of the Marshmallow Test finds the test retains its predictive power, even when the statistical sample is more diverse.... Read More...
Human behavior follows probabilistic inference patterns
The human brain has a mathematical probabilistic representation of what it considers to be important in our surroundings. ... Read More...
Neuroscientists develop models to identify internal states of the brain
The machine learning model may be widely adopted to identify connections between neural activity and natural behavior.... Read More...
Full-body interaction video games enhance social skills in children with autism disorders
A new video game fosters more social initiation that free play for those with ASD. The game also is effective at reducing repetitive behaviors and helps improve gestural expression.... Read More...
Teenagers less likely to respond to mothers with controlling tone of voice
Mothers who address their teens with a neutral tone of voice elicit more positive and less negative emotions in their children, increasing closeness. Those who speak with a controlling tone evoke negative emotions and have a less close bond with their teenage child.... Read More...
Brain anatomy changes with maturation to adolescence
White matter tracts show increasing maturation with age from the back to the front of the brain. The maturations begin as a child reaches 9-12 years of age. The maturity correlates with a critical and formative period of development.... Read More...
Autoantibodies in pregnancy: A cause of behavioral disorders in the child?
Embryonic damage caused by autoantibodies is implicated in a range of behavioral and psychological disorders, including schizophrenia, autism, and ADHD.... Read More...
Bad to the bone or just bad behavior?
How we perceive moral goodness or moral badness, as either biological and innate traits or potentially changeable, can guide whether we are willing to be lenient over other peoples' transgressions.... Read More...
Up to 25% of same-sex behavior linked to genes
Researchers report up to 25% of same-sex behaviors are associated with genetic variants. The study identified five new genes associated with sexual behavior. They report there is no one single gene linked to same-sex sexual behavior or orientation, but numerous genes, as well as other factors which contribute. Researchers emphasize the markers may be unreliable in predicting same-sex behavior but may influence the likelihood for specific relationship choices.... Read More...
Parenting stress may affect mother’s and child’s ability to tune in to each other
Mothers who reported higher levels of parental stress had less synchrony in brain activity with their young children than moms who were more stress-free. The findings shed new light on how parental stress can impact the mother-child relationship on a day-to-day basis.... Read More...