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·July 25, 2012·4 min read

Sum of the Parts? How Our Brains See Men as People and Women as Body Parts

Study finds that both genders process images of men, women differently.

Featured Psychology

·September 13, 2012·3 min read

How Early Social Deprivation Impairs Long-Term Cognitive Function

A study shows social isolation during early life prevents the cells that make up the brain's white matter from maturing and producing the right amount of myelin, the fatty "insulation" on nerve fibers that helps them transmit long-distance messages within the brain.

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Featured Psychology

·February 19, 2014·2 min read

Beautiful but Sad Music Can Help People Feel Better

Listening to music considered to be beautiful but sad can help elevate mood when people feel blue, a new study reports.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·August 19, 2015·4 min read

Influencing Mood: Happiness Spreads But Depression Doesn’t

A new study reports that having friends who suffer from depressions doesn't affect the mental health of others.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·December 29, 2015·4 min read

Shared Bad Memories Bind Fighters To Their Groups

Researchers report emotional experiences play a role in the fusion between people's personal and group identities.

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Autism Featured Psychology

·January 10, 2016·2 min read

Why It’s Easier For Girls With Autism to Develop Friendships

A new study reports girls with autism tend to be more socially motivated and have more intimate friendships than autistic boys.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·January 19, 2016·3 min read

Emotion Matters: Dogs View Facial Expressions Differently

Researchers report on how the social gazing behavior of dogs resembles that of humans.

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Featured Psychology

·February 12, 2016·3 min read

Why Smiles and Frowns are Contagious

Researchers describe how people in social situations simulate others' facial expressions to create emotional responses in themselves.

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Featured Psychology

·February 13, 2016·4 min read

Brains Over Beauty? Modern Mating Preferences of Males Investigated

A new study reports on the unsuspected speed of progress toward gender equality in mating preferences.

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Featured Psychology

·September 8, 2016·5 min read

Sharing Stories Synchronizes Group Memories

According to researchers, collective memories are influenced both by the person recalling the information and by those sharing memories with a group.

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Featured Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·October 8, 2016·4 min read

Here’s Looking at You: Finding Allies Through Facial Cues

A new study reports on the evolutionary root as to why men and women prefer different faces, depending on the social context.

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Featured Neuroscience Open Neuroscience Articles Psychology

·October 11, 2016·3 min read

People Switch Morality in the Heat of the Moment

A new study reports virtual reality may help show how a person would react to a specific situation, despite what they report they would do on paper.

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