News tagged with personality
Studies suggest males have more personality
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Males have more pronounced personalities than females across a range of species - from humans to house sparrows - according to new research. Consistent personality traits, such as aggression ...
Full recovery now possible for an 'untreatable' mental illness
Nov 19, 2009 |
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Patients coping with the chaos and misery of Borderline Personality Disorder now have reason for strong confidence in making major life changes through a new treatment, Schema Therapy. For the first time, three major outcome ...
Unrealistic optimism prompts risky behavior
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 17, 2009 |
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Unrealistic optimism about drinking behavior can lead to later alcohol-related problems, according to research published in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), the official monthly journa ...
Why can't some people give up cocaine?
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Nov 19, 2009 |
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Drug dependency is a recurrent but treatable kind of addiction. However, not all people who are drug dependent progress in the same way once they stop taking drugs. A new study shows that, in the case of cocaine, a high score ...
Scientists identify the neural circuitry of first impressions
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 08, 2009 |
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Neuroscientists at New York University and Harvard University have identified the neural systems involved in forming first impressions of others. The findings, which show how we encode social information and then evaluate ...
The developing child: Rating aggressive and delinquent behavior in pre-adolescence
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 19, 2009 |
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In a study published in an upcoming issue of The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry researchers show that over reactive parenting, such as heavy criticism or yelling as a response to a child's negative behavior, can pr ...
Nature Makes Us More Caring, Study Says (w/ Video)
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 30, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Rating attractiveness: Study finds consensus among men, not women
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 26, 2009 |
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Hot or not? Men agree on the answer. Women don't.
New research suggests key to happiness is gratitude -- and men may be locked out
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 13, 2009 |
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With Mother's Day, Father's Day and high school and college graduations upcoming, there will be plenty of gift-giving and well wishes. When those start pouring in, let yourself be grateful—it's the best way to achieve happiness ...
For your health, pick a mate who is conscientious and, perhaps, also neurotic
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 28, 2009 |
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Conscientiousness is a good thing in a mate, researchers report, not just because it's easier to live with someone who washes the dishes without being asked, but also because having a conscientious partner ...
First impressions count when making personality judgments, new research shows
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 03, 2009 |
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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 ...
You Are What You Listen To
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 27, 2009 |
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(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.
Most Americans dislike behavioral advertising: survey
Sep 30, 2009 |
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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.
Personality traits influencing weight loss
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 25, 2009 |
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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.
Sheep that shed light on personality differences
Sep 15, 2009 |
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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 ...
