Social Psychology News
April 14, 2025
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Apr. 9, 2025 — Shifting cultural perceptions of beauty could drive 'lip dysmorphia', so psychologists tested the response of 32 people to altered images of lips to see how they responded. The results were ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — When faced with a potential threat, mice often freeze in place. Moreover, when two animals are together, they typically freeze at the same time, matching each other's periods of immobility. In a new study, researchers found that coordination during ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Investigators have linked difficult early life experiences with reduced quality and quantity of the white matter communication highways throughout the adolescent brain. This reduced connectivity is ...
Apr. 4, 2025 — The fear of rejection -- familiar to many children and adults -- can significantly impact how kids behave in their peer groups, according to new ...
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Apr. 1, 2025 — In mice, autism symptoms arise when a certain pair of competing nerve proteins falls out of equilibrium, according to a new ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — AI mental health apps may offer a cheap and accessible way to fill the gaps in the overstretched U.S. mental health care system, but ethics experts warn that we need to be thoughtful about how we use ...
Mar. 31, 2025 — Fear of emotions among couples with PTSD is associated with unproductive communication, according to a new ...
Mar. 26, 2025 — People with autism are typically diagnosed by clinical observation and assessment. To deconstruct the clinical decision process, which is often ...
Mar. 21, 2025 — The end of a romantic relationship usually does not come out of the blue but is indicated one or two years before the breakup. As the results of a ...
Mar. 19, 2025 — For adolescents struggling with substance abuse, traditional in-person interventions such as counseling are not always effective, and rural areas ...
Mar. 18, 2025 — Research has tracked depressive symptoms in 7100 young people from Tokyo and London and shown girls have more depressive symptoms than boys in both ...
Mar. 14, 2025 — The oxytocin system -- which helps release breast milk and strengthens the bond between mother and baby -- may be affected during breastfeeding in ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — Do you have lots of close friends -- and work hard to keep it that way? If you've answered 'yes', you are probably ...
Mar. 12, 2025 — Our brains use basic 'building blocks' of information to keep track of how people interact, enabling us to navigate complex social interactions, finds a new ...
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Mar. 25, 2025 — Researchers explored how the characteristics of communication networks in groups (i.e., density and centralization) affected the development of shared social identity and, as a result, group ...
Mar. 17, 2025 — Our ability to cooperate with others may be influenced by how our attention is captured and directed, as much as by how altruistic we are feeling, according to a new ...
Mar. 13, 2025 — Many people dream of retiring to a warmer, less expensive country. But retirees who move abroad may be at greater risk of loneliness than those who stay in their home country, according to new ...
Mar. 11, 2025 — Parenting skills can make a big difference in fostering a newborn's language acquisition and cognition, but there may be a limit to how far parenting can go to make up the challenges to ...
Mar. 10, 2025 — A research team has uncovered key insights into how the brain processes others' distress. Using miniature endoscopic calcium imaging, the researchers identified specific neural ensembles in the ...
Mar. 6, 2025 — Urban highways promise to get people to their destinations faster -- and bring them together. But at the same time, they reduce social connections between people within the city, especially at ...
Mar. 4, 2025 — Psychosocial stress during pregnancy could lead to higher blood pressure during the first year postpartum according to new ...
Mar. 3, 2025 — In our polarized society, a new study offers hope for the future: Even young children can learn to discuss and argue about meaningful problems in a respectful and productive way. Researchers found ...
Feb. 28, 2025 — Africa is a multilingual continent and many adults speak several languages fluently. An empirical study by a psycholinguist now shows that the roots of this multilingualism can be found in infancy: ...
Feb. 28, 2025 — Anthropologists, social scientists and veterans are analyze the relationship between the hormones cortisol and testosterone and PTSD in a non-industrialized ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — A simple walk in the park could hold the key to unlocking a close and loving relationship between fathers and daughters, a new study has ...
Feb. 27, 2025 — A new study finds people who habitually try to be happier also tend to have less ...
Feb. 26, 2025 — Researchers find that parents show patterns of brain connectivity that oppose age-related ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — A study shows that long-term unemployed individuals perceive their capabilities as weaker than the general Finnish population. Capabilities refer to the opportunities to achieve important things in ...
Feb. 25, 2025 — Making enemies isn't random. Traits like emotional instability, aggression, and disruptive behavior early in life can lead to antagonistic relationships. Research on students aged 9-14 found ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Human evolution has revolved around food, from identifying and foraging for it to growing and preparing it. Researchers have identified a region in the brain's visual cortex that responds to ...
Feb. 20, 2025 — Narcissists feel ostracized more frequently than their less self-absorbed peers, according to researchers. This may stem not only from being shunned due to their personalities but from a tendency to ...
Feb. 19, 2025 — Research has found that people who strive for dominance, whether in personal or professional life, are more confident in their decision-making but are no more accurate in their choices than those of ...
Feb. 12, 2025 — Surveys of college students conducted in 2012 and in 2022 found many similarities in their expectations about romantic relationships; however, they are now taking diverse paths through those ...
Feb. 11, 2025 — Answer seven questions and get an indication of how your relationship is right now. Just in time for Valentine's Day, researchers are publishing a new study that introduces a scientifically ...
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- How Many Languages Can You Learn at the Same Time? -- Ghanaian Babies Grow Up Speaking Two to Six Languages
- Research Indicates Effects of PTSD on Body Vary by Culture
Thursday, February 27, 2025
- Improving Relationships Between Dads and Daughters... It's a Walk in the Park
- Trying to Be Happy Makes Us Unhappier by Zapping Our Self-Control, Study Finds
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
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- Gender Plays a Role in Long-Term Unemployed Individuals' Perception of Their Capabilities
- Clashing With Classmates: Off-Putting Traits Spark Enemy Relationships
Thursday, February 20, 2025
- Framework to Identify Food Selectivity Origins in the Brain
- Narcissists More Likely to Feel Ostracized
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
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- The Truth May Hurt, but for Couples, It's Worth It
- School Bans Alone Not Enough to Tackle Negative Impacts of Phone and Social Media Use, Researchers Find
- Wealth Is Strong Predictor of Prosocial Behavior Around the World, Study Suggests
- Gender Equality Is Crucial for a Climate Resilient Future
Tuesday, February 4, 2025
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- Do Women Talk More Than Men? It Might Depend on Their Age
- Don't Know Something? Apes Can Tell
- How the Brain Enables Flexible Decisions
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- COVID Lockdowns Disrupted a Crucial Social Skill Among Preschoolers, Trailblazing Study Finds
- The Benefits of Speaking Multiple Languages
- How Group Size Affects Cooperation: Insights from Brain Science
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
- Empathy for Other Peoples' Pain Peaks in Young Adulthood
- Innovative One-Minute Video Game Boasts 80% Success Rate in Diagnosing Autism
- Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility Can Create Social, Economic Value
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- How Improving Education Could Close Maternal Heart Health Gaps
- From Caring Touch to Cooperative Communities
Monday, January 6, 2025
- Mixed Signals: How the Brain Interprets Social Cues
- Risk of Domestic Abuse Increases Over Time for Those Exposed to Childhood Maltreatment
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- Tracking Other People's Minds in Communication
- Bias in AI Amplifies Our Own Biases, Researchers Show
- App Helps Alleviate Mental Health Symptoms in Bereaved Parents
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Paranoia May Be, in Part, a Visual Problem
- Research Shows Solitude Is Better for Your Health When It's Not Too Intense
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- Language Used by Mothers Affects Oxytocin Levels of Infants
- Political Opinions Influence Our Choice of Chocolate
- Researchers Develop Tools to Examine Neighborhood Economic Effects on Spinal Cord Injury Outcomes
- Social Networked Friendship Quality Can Be Means of Combating Loneliness
Friday, November 22, 2024
- Overthinking What You Said? It's Your 'lizard Brain' Talking to Newer, Advanced Parts of Your Brain
- Animal Characters Can Boost Young Children's Psychological Development
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- 'Jekyll and Hyde' Leaders Do Lasting Damage, New Research Shows
- Traditional Mayan Practices Have Long Promoted Unique Levels of Family Harmony: But What Effect Is Globalization Having?
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Social Isolation, Loneliness and Frailty in Older Adults Have a Complex and Sometimes Mutually Reinforcing Relationship
- Texting Abbreviations Makes Senders Seem Insincere, Study Finds
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Stress Is Contagious -- For Animals, Too
- How to Reduce Social Media Stress by Leaning in Instead of Logging Off
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Time Alone Heightens 'threat Alert' In Teenagers -- Even When Connecting on Social Media
- Cognitive Decline and Loneliness Linked in Older Adults Over Short Time Periods
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- New Study Challenges Social Media's Mental Health Impact
- What Happens in Your Brain While You Watch a Movie
Thursday, October 31, 2024
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- Similarities in Brain Development Between Marmosets and Humans
- The Dangerous Pursuit of Muscularity in Men and Adolescent Boys
Friday, October 25, 2024
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- An Individual's Reward-Seeking Strategy Reflects Responses to Nicotine
- Young People's Moods Directly Affected by Social Media 'likes'
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
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- New Study Finds Partner's Happiness Linked to Lower Stress Hormone Levels in Older Couples
- Workplace Culture and Social Relationships Are Associated With Workplace Bullying
- Crucial Role of Cerebellum in Social and Cognitive Functioning
Monday, October 21, 2024
- The Transformative Power of Movies
- Research Team Connects Loneliness With Heightened Risk of Dementia in Largest Study of Its Kind
Thursday, October 17, 2024
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- Fearful Memories of Others Seen in Mouse Brain
- Elucidating the Neural Basis of Reduced Sexual Receptivity in Female Mice During the Non-Estrus Phase
Friday, October 11, 2024
- How Do We Recognize Other People's Emotions?
- Asking a Person to Talk About Their Parents in Therapy Can Distort Memories of Childhood Emotions
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- In Studying the Mating Rituals of Fruit Flies, Scientists May Have Learned Something About How Brains Evolve
- Are Ideas Contagious?