Stare Down Gulls to Avoid Lunch Loss
Researchers slowed the approach of greedy gulls by an average of 21 seconds by staring at the birds versus looking elsewhere. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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Real Laughs Motivate More Guffaws
Honest, involuntary laughter cued people to laugh more at some really bad jokes than they did when hearing forced laughter.
How to Make a Mouse Hallucinate
A real-time capture of brain-circuit activity shows how simple it is to change what an animal sees
Decoding the Language of Neurons
A new study reveals surprising variations in the neural code
Babies Know the Difference between the Laughter of Friends and Strangers
Five-month-olds may use chuckles to identify information about social interactions
Autism: More Than Meets the Eye
How ability can grow out of seeming disability
The Psychology Podcast Recap (June 2019): Good Porn and the Quest for a Moral Life
The Psychology Podcast Recap for June 2019
Our Brain Uses a Not-So-Instant Replay to Make Decisions
Neural processing centers repeat recent sequences of events to lay down new memories used for abstract thought
What’s So Funny? The Science of Why We Laugh
Psychologists, neuroscientists and philosophers are trying to understand humor
Authenticity under Fire
Researchers are calling into question authenticity as a scientifically viable concept
In-Group Favoritism Is Difficult to Change, Even When the Social Groups Are Meaningless
One has to go to great lengths to counteract the deeply ingrained tendency to infuse new social groups with rich meaning
Monkey Cousins Use Similar Calls
Two monkey species who last shared a common ancestor 3 million years ago have "eerily similar" alarm calls.
Better Memory through Electrical Brain Ripples
A study in mice shows improved cognitive performance when these bursting signals move around memory circuits
Free Will Is Real
Philosopher Christian List argues against reductionism and determinism in accounts of the mind...
The Psychology Podcast Recap (May 2019): Gifted Education, Hope, Male Incompetence and Contextual Evolution
The Psychology Podcast Recap for May 2019
Does Thirst Start in the Mouth or the Gut?
A new study in mice reveals why consuming a beverage is usually pleasurable but is not always enough to quench thirst
Music May Orchestrate Better Brain Connectivity in Preterm Infants
Preterm babies who listened to music in the neonatal intensive care unit had brain activity that more closely resembled that of full-term babies. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Toward a New Frontier in Human Intelligence: The Person-Centered Approach
New research is shedding light on how intelligence changes and develops over time
Icy Room Temperatures May Chill Productivity
A new study suggests women's performance on math and verbal tasks increases as room temperature rises, up to about the mid 70s F. Christopher Intagliata reports.
Creative Types Reserve a Special Corner of the Brain for Dreaming Big
Artists, novelists, actors and directors excel at tapping into “imagination” circuits
