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FeaturedPsychology
·February 28, 2019·4 min read

When Watching Others in Pain, Women’s Brains Show More Empathy

Study reveals women have higher activation in sensory areas of the brain associated with pain compared to males when witnessing another person suffering.
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·February 22, 2019·5 min read

Seeing Through Another’s Eyes: How We Use Others’ Viewpoints to Make Decisions

Researchers shed light on how we are able to effectively form mental images of how objects look to other people.
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AutismFeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology
·November 15, 2018·4 min read

Neuroimaging Study Challenges Dominant Theoretical Model of ASD

A new study reports short distance connectivity abnormalities may be involved in social cognitive deficits in those with ASD.
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·October 1, 2018·2 min read

Dog Intelligence ‘Not Exceptional’

Researchers say people may be over estimating the cognitive abilities of dogs. A new study reveals dog intelligence is matched with that of other domestic animals, social hunters and carnivores.
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·June 27, 2018·5 min read

Left Cradling Bias Linked to Better Social Cognitive Abilities in Children

A new study reports the preference for a child to cradle dolls on the left side have higher social cognitive ability than those with right cradling bias.
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·May 25, 2018·3 min read

Oxytocin Mediates Subjective Duration of Social Interactions

A new study examines how the hormone oxytocin helps to mediate social interactions.
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·April 20, 2018·4 min read

Having an Audience May Help You Perform Better

According to researchers, when people are aware they are being observed, brain areas associated with social awareness and reward activate a part of the brain that affects motor control, helping them to perform better at skilled tasks.
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·December 11, 2017·2 min read

Twitter Can Reveal Our Shared Mood

Bristol University researchers reveal strong circadian patterns for both negative and positive moods shared between Twitter users' Tweets.
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·June 29, 2017·4 min read

People Prove Adept at Predicting Emotional Transitions

While it is easy for most of us to read the emotions of those around us at a given time, researchers suggest that people are also skilled at predicting future emotions in others, thanks to a mental model of emotional transitions.
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·June 6, 2017·4 min read

Brain Damage Can Make Sideways Faces More Memorable and Give Us ‘Emotional Blindness’

Research sheds light on how damage to the amygdala affects facial recognition and gaze perception.
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·May 18, 2017·4 min read

Newly Discovered Brain Network Offers Clues to Social Cognition

Researchers discover brain areas in primates exclusively dedicated to analyzing social interactions.
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·February 28, 2017·6 min read

How Your Brain Makes An Article Go Viral

A new study investigates how our brains decide which news articles to read and share. Brain scans also help predict large scale virality of some posts.
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