by Chad Michael Lawson | Dec 29, 2009 | Blog, Human Psychology
Interpreting this facial expression correctly (as a „baffled” expression) is very difficult based on this photo alone. When showing the corresponding video sequence, however, recognition becomes easy, which underlines the importance of the temporal dimension for...
by Chad Michael Lawson | Dec 20, 2009 | Blog, Human Psychology
Broken down; many of our actions are guided by emotions that originally fueled by thoughts brought on by stimuli around us. These actions in turn have results, that often fuel future thoughts, and thus the cycle continues. Original story here Really neat piece that...
by Chad Michael Lawson | Dec 18, 2009 | Blog, Human Psychology
providing consumers with a very small or even trivial immediate benefit encourages people to use products that may have more significant long-term advantages. Her research may offer the key to getting kids to wear their seatbelts and encourage adults to use sunscreen....
by Chad Michael Lawson | Dec 17, 2009 | Blog, Human Psychology
Original article here “Our natural inclination is to avoid — or try to avoid — anything immediately aversive even though it may be beneficial for us in the long term,” write authors Aparna A. Labroo (University of Chicago) and Jesper Nielsen...
by Chad Michael Lawson | Dec 5, 2009 | Blog, Human Psychology, Social Media
Online social networks such as Facebook are being used to express and communicate real personality, instead of an idealized virtual identity, according to new research from psychologist Sam Gosling at The University of Texas at Austin. “I was surprised by the...
by Chad Michael Lawson | Dec 3, 2009 | Blog, Human Psychology
From an evolutionary perspective, it all harkens back to the skills that women used for gathering plant foods and the skills that men used for hunting meat. The contrast emerges because of the different foraging strategies for hunting and gathering used throughout...
