Cooperating with other people makes many things easier. However, competition is also a characteristic aspect of our society. In their struggle for contracts and positions, […]
Train the brain to form good habits through repetition
You can hack your brain to form good habits — like going to the gym and eating healthily — simply by repeating actions until they […]
Bioethicists call for oversight of consumer ‘neurotechnologies’ with unproven benefits: Penn bioethicist proposes a working group to study and monitor poorly regulated products, predicted to top $3 billion by 2020
The marketing of direct-to-consumer “neurotechnologies” can be enticing: apps that diagnose a mental state, and brain devices that improve cognition or “read” one’s emotional state. […]
Nudging does not necessarily improve decisions
Nudging, the concept of influencing people’s behavior without imposing rules, bans or coercion, is an idea that government officials and marketing specialists alike are keen […]
How words get an emotional meaning
Many objects and people in everyday life have an emotional meaning. A pair of wool socks, for example, has an emotional value if it was […]
Roaming cats prey on their owners’ minds
Many cat owners worry about their pets wandering the streets, but perceive cats hunting mice and birds to be unavoidable instinct, researchers at the University […]
Drug can temporarily boost long-term memory of objects
Allergy sufferers may use antihistamines to reduce symptoms, but new research reveals that better long-term memory might be possible with pro-histamine treatment. Long-term memory is […]
College binge drinkers are posting while drunk, ‘addicted’ to social media
College students who binge drink are frequently posting on social media while intoxicated and show signs of social media “addiction,” according to a new study. […]
After heavy criticism: Spahn back row at new regulation for psychological therapies
The Minister of health, Jens Spahn from the required date of service and the public procurement act (TSVG), especially in terms of psycho-therapies in the […]
Hysterectomy linked to memory deficit in an animal model
By age 60, one in three American women have had a hysterectomy. Though hysterectomy is a prevalent and routine surgery, the removal of the uterus […]
Being fair: The benefits of early childhood education
Children from low-income families who got intensive education early in life treat others with high levels of fairness in midlife, more than 40 years later, […]
Why modest goals are so appealing: Achieving a small incremental goal is perceived as easier — and more satisfying — than maintaining the status quo
Thanks to a quirk in the way our brain evaluates goals, people feel it’s easier to achieve a small incremental goal than to maintain the […]
Men see me as an exotic adventure: a wheelchair rider Laura about her love life
It took time, and some men, until you found your way in the relationship jungle. In the meantime, FOCUS-white-Online-guest author Laura Gehlhaar exactly what to […]
Incredible laws of the psyche
It’s hard to believe, but all of the following oddities of the human psyche is the explanation. Submitted 6 psychological phenomena. The effect of the […]