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First impressions count when making personality judgments, new research shows

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

First impressions do matter when it comes to communicating personality through appearance, according to new research by psychologists Laura Naumann of Sonoma State University and Sam Gosling of The University of Texas at ...


Friendship is mainly about 'me, me and me'

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 23, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Young people mainly select their friends according to the image they have of another person, irrespective of whether the person concerned actually satisfies that image. Dutch researcher Maarten Selfhout has demonstrated that ...


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Most Americans dislike behavioral advertising: survey

Technology / Internet

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 5

Privacy advocates have long criticized behavioral advertising and a new survey suggests that contrary to the claims of marketers, most Americans don't like it either.


Nature Makes Us More Caring, Study Says (w/ Video)

Nature Makes Us More Caring, Study Says (w/ Video)

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Want to be a better person? Commune with nature. Paying attention to the natural world not only makes you feel better, it makes you behave better, finds a new study to be published October ...


New ways to predict violent behavior?

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

In the future, diagnosing severe personality disorders, evaluating the childhood environment, assessing alcohol consumption and the analysis of the MAOA genotype may provide more accurate means for assessing risk among violent ...


Personality traits influencing weight loss

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Being too optimistic could harm weight loss efforts. Research published in BioMed Central's open access journal, BioPsychoSocial Medicine, reveals the psychological characteristics that may contribute to weight loss.


Researchers find planning, positivism influence employment success at different stages

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With America's unemployment rate higher than it has been in decades, many people find themselves looking for jobs. The process can be tiring and, in such a competitive climate, receiving that final job offer is challenging. ...


Treatment of personality disorders by psychotherapy: A French multicenter study

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A French multicenter study headed by Jean Cottraux (Lyon) has investigated the role of psychotherapy in borderline personality disorder.


Study: Terrorism Evokes Different Responses Among Genders and Personality Types

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Terrorism incites fear designed to coerce governments to act, according to definitions of "terrorism" in U.S. law, in U.N. resolutions and elsewhere. But terrorism often prompts as much anger and retaliation ...


Sheep that shed light on personality differences

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The team led by Denis Reale, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at UQAM and Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Ecology, recently completed a study showing the link between personality, survival and reproductive ...


Seeing mental illness in a different light

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Part of Tom Wootton's standard opening to his talks on mental illness is to pause, scan the audience and call for a show of hands.


Handwriting-based tool offers alternate lie detection method

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 28, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

For ages experts and laymen have been analyzing and trying to crack the code of handwriting characteristics, in order to detect an individual's personality traits, or in most cases, gauge their innocence in the case of a ...


You Are What You Listen To

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- It may not be possible to judge a book by its cover, but judging someone by the contents of their iTunes library could be a very different story, new research suggests.


Nearly half of US employers research the online profiles of job candidates on social networks such as Facebook

Job hunting? Take those wild party pics off Facebook

Technology / Internet

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Nearly half of US employers research the online profiles of job candidates on social networks such as Facebook, MySpace or LinkedIn, according to a new survey.


Personality types may contribute to genetic success of bighorn sheep

Personality types may contribute to genetic success of bighorn sheep

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- There must be times when University of Alberta researcher David Coltman wishes his study on animal personalities focused on something small, like a house cat. Coltman would classify cats that ...




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