Or at least, to be a little closer to what this Current Opinion in Psychology study is really saying, social media creates a false sense of what “normal” is, amplifying every… Read the rest “Social media makes you weird.”
Ars Technica writes on the psychology of the tabletop, with initial research showing promise for using role-playing games like D&D for group therapy:
… Read the rest “Roll D20 for catharsis, with a plus-2 closure bonus.”“It seems particularly useful
Science Alert explains the allure of the puppy-dog eyes with Chinese research demonstrating brainwaves suddenly syncing up between humans and dogs when they look into each other’s… Read the rest “Look into a dog’s eyes and your brains can synchronize.”
The Conversation extends the dog-owner’s friendly game of fetch to feline friends who, researchers have found, can also enjoy bringing back toys that are thrown for them to retrieve… Read the rest “Cats will play fetch too.”
I can’t tell if this is either totally obvious or the gravest of insults … or, more likely, both… but Stanford researchers have found that night owls, those of us who tend… Read the rest “Being a night owl is a mental-health risk.”
Science Alert brings us (well, those of us who are working out) one step closer to moving like the wind through a world of living statues with research from the UK and the Netherlands that shows… Read the rest “Exercise slows down your perception of time.”
Nature shares a study that found that bumblebees somehow communicate the solutions to complex puzzles to each other, something that only humans were thought to do. Instead, the insects… Read the rest “Bumblebees teach each other.”
Science Daily reports on research into the psychological effects of the pitch of people’s voices. It’s fairly well known that people find men’s voices more attractive,… Read the rest “Say it to me deeply.”
University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Reporting and Policy (CIDRAP) has some scientific findings from colleagues at U Michigan that will surprise no one who … Read the rest “Secretly sick.”
BBC reports on a simple pharmaceutical study at the University of Chicago – about the mechanism by which MDMA increased “the pleasantness of social touch” – … Read the rest “MDMA against white supremacy.”
Nature honestly (and slightly brutally) examines its own shortcomings as a political advocate in a study that found the scientific journal’s 2020 endorsement of Joe Biden didn’t… Read the rest “Nature‘s endorsement didn’t help Biden – it only hurt Nature (and scientists in general).”
The Scientist reports on mice fed a high-fat diet, whose children and grandchildren still felt the effects in social behavior and overall health:
… Read the rest “A mother’s diet can affect children’s – and grandchildren’s – behavior.”High-fat diets have previously been shown
Science News reveals a new therapy based on memory exercises that shows promise in totally doing away with nightmare disorder:
… Read the rest “An end to nightmares”Frequent, terrifying dreams disturb sleep and even affect
PsyPost reports on a study of social isolation – “the objective state of having limited social relationships or contact with others” – that found the problem… Read the rest “Boys (and men) are more socially isolated than girls (and women), study finds.”
Scientific American takes a look at our online habits and finds we’re not making ourselves happy. The technology makes us lose track of time, disrupts sleep, lowers our sense of satisfaction,… Read the rest “Social media makes people unhappy… but it doesn’t have to.”
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