News tagged with primal emotions
Fear or romance could make you change your mind, study finds
Each day people are confronted with innumerable pieces of information and hundreds of decisions. Not surprisingly, people seldom process each piece of information deeply, instead relying on quick mental shortcuts to guide ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Contact with dads drops when women ovulate
(PhysOrg.com) -- Through an innovative use of cell phone records, researchers at UCLA, the University of Miami and Cal State, Fullerton, have found that women appear to avoid contact with their fathers during ovulation.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Emotional intelligence predicts job performance, study shows
Emotional intelligence is a strong predictor of job performance, according to a new study conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University that helps settle the ongoing debate in a much-disputed area of research.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Sound of success: Top movies manipulate primal response
Evolutionary biologists on Tuesday said they had scientific backing to confirm suspicions that movies exploit our innate response to alarm and distress calls.
May 25, 2010 |
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To scientists, laughter is no joke -- it's serious
(AP) -- So a scientist walks into a shopping mall to watch people laugh.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 31, 2010 |
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Artwork at hospitals can help in the healing process
For most people, a word-association game starting with "hospital" would yield few positive adjectives. Bland. Drab. Depressing. Institutional. And studies have found that these aesthetic unpleasantries can affect patients' ...
Aug 21, 2009 |
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Tweet this: Rapid-fire media may confuse your moral compass
Emotions linked to our moral sense awaken slowly in the mind, according to a new study from a neuroscience group led by corresponding author Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Tiny brain region better part of valor
Mice lose their fear of territorial rivals when a tiny piece of their brain is neutralized, a new study reports.
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Mar 09, 2009 |
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From delicious to death: Understanding taste
Despite the significance of taste to both human gratification and survival, a basic understanding of this primal sense is still unfolding.
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Feb 26, 2008 |
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Different areas of brain respond to belief, disbelief, uncertainty
The human mind is a prolific generator of beliefs about the world. The capacity of our minds to believe or disbelieve linguistic propositions is a powerful force for controlling both behavior and emotion, but the basis of ...
Dec 12, 2007 |
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Rejection sets off alarms for folks with low self-esteem
Few can tolerate such romantic or professional rebuffs as "It's not you, it's me" and "we regret to inform you that your application was not successful." But while a healthy dose of self-esteem can absorb ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 11, 2007 |
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