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·April 13, 2025·4 min read

Anxiety Distorts Self-Perception, Even After Success

A new study reveals that people with anxiety or depression often underestimate their abilities due to a distorted metacognitive process. Even when they perform tasks well, they tend to focus on moments of low confidence and ignore times when they felt assured.

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·March 29, 2024·6 min read

Age Influences Perception of Self-Presentation

Age significantly impacts how self-presentation, or manipulating others' evaluations of oneself, is perceived, particularly in the context of the protagonist's usual performance. Their study, involving elementary school children and adults, revealed that perceptions of honesty, modesty, and character are nuanced by the protagonist's typical behavior, suggesting that false statements are viewed more negatively as children grow older.

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·May 16, 2022·4 min read

If You Stand Like Superman or Wonder Woman, Would You Feel Stronger?

A new meta-analysis study reviews the effects of body posture on positive self-perception, reporting a dominant pose or strong upright posture can help people feel, and behave, more confidently.

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·January 27, 2022·3 min read

Many Adults Inaccurately Perceive Their Own BMI and Body Size

Study finds less than 2/3 of people can correctly estimate their BMI, and less than half of people can identify their body size.

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·December 13, 2021·4 min read

Your Perception of Self Becomes Blurrier Over Time

Self-perception becomes blurrier over time, the further away you get from the present, researchers report.

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·November 12, 2021·4 min read

Psychologists Reveal How We Truly See Ourselves by Generating ‘Mental Selfies’

Researchers have devised a method to access people's mental images of themselves and compare this mental image against a realistic image of the person. The study revealed people's mental images of themselves are not necessarily true to life, but are influenced by the kind of personality the individual believes themselves to have.

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·September 30, 2021·5 min read

Our Choices May Be Making Us More Individualistic

Salient choice alone can have a powerful range of psychological effects, including the personal empowerment of an individual.

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·September 3, 2021·5 min read

Gut and Heart Signals Affect How We See Ourselves

Study reveals the strength of the connection between the brain and internal organs is associated with how a person feels about their appearance. Weaker brain responses to the gut and heart were linked to greater levels of body shame and weight preoccupation.

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·October 18, 2018·4 min read

High Stakes Decision Making Causes More Cheating and Less Charity

According to researchers, when faced with high stakes decision making tasks, people are more likely to lose sight of personal morality, leading to more cheating and less charitable efforts.

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·October 9, 2018·6 min read

Anorexic Patients Prefer Underweight Bodies

Using virtual reality, researchers shed light on how those with anorexia perceive their own bodies.The study also found women with anorexia consider severely underweight bodies to be ideal and most attractive.