Why Wait? The Science Behind Procrastination
Mar 29, 2013 · People say that procrastination reduces the productivity. But scientifically it actually increases the productivity. People tend to work more and try to be more productive in the last few hours before the deadline.
How the Classics Changed Research Ethics – Association for ...
Aug 31, 2022 · Social scientists have long contended that the Common Rule was largely designed to protect participants in biomedical experiments—where scientists face the risk of inducing physical harm on subjects—but fits poorly with …
The Psychological Study of Smiling
Feb 11, 2011 · A smile begins in our sensory corridors. The earcollects a whispered word. The eyes spot an old friend on the station platform. The hand feels the pressure of another hand. This emotional data funnels to …
Myth: We Only Use 10% of Our Brains
Aug 29, 2018 · SUGGESTED LESSON PLAN. This notion seems firmly rooted in popular culture despite many efforts to debunk it (Hughes, Lyddy, & Lamb, 2013). It was the basis of the movie Lucy (2014), which depicted what supposedly would happen if a person actually used all 100% of her brainpower. It has been used to justify belief in pseudoscientific psychic powers and is a tacit assumption in many self-help ...
The Science of Swearing – Association for Psychological Science – …
Apr 25, 2012 · Why would a psychological scientist study swearing? Expertise in such an area has different practical significance inside and outside the community of psychological science. Outside the scientific community, expertise on taboo language is justification for …
We All Love to Be Loved, But Women May Experience Love More …
Feb 13, 2024 · Conventional wisdom holds that men and women approach romance differently. But new research suggests that love is important for well-being regardless of gender—and the differences that do exist may hint at the evolutionary basis of love. “In contrast to popular proclamations, this article documents striking similarities across gender in the experience of love,” wrote Saurabh Bhargava ...
Harlow’s Classic Studies Revealed the Importance of Maternal …
Jun 20, 2018 · Harry Harlow’s empirical work with primates is now considered a “classic” in behavioral science, revolutionizing our understanding of the role that social relationships play in early development.
The Littlest Linguists: New Research on Language Development
Dec 29, 2021 · How do children learn language, and how is language related to other cognitive and social skills? For decades, the specialized field of developmental psycholinguistics has studied how children acquire language—or multiple languages—taking into account biological, neurological, and social factors that influence linguistic developments and, in turn, can play a role in how children learn and ...
Journals – Association for Psychological Science – APS
APS Journals Are Going Digital in 2023: A message from CEO Robert Gropp to APS Members. Publishing six prestigious scientific journals has always been, and continues to be, one of the most effective means of promoting, protecting, and advancing the science of psychology in research, application, teaching, and the improvement of
The Bias Beneath: Two Decades of Measuring Implicit Associations
Jan 31, 2018 · Over the last 20 years, millions of people have used an online test to probe attitudes they didn’t know they had. Since its online debut in 1998, the Implicit Association Test (IAT) has allowed people to discover potential prejudices that lurk beneath their awareness — and that researchers therefore wouldn’t find through participant self-reports.