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People who are religious and ‘ontologically confused’ are more likely to share pseudo-profound bullshit
A new study has found that the more literally a person understands metaphorical statements and…
Study: High-intensity interval exercise seems to briefly impair mechanisms of reward learning
A new study has found preliminary evidence that high-intensity interval exercise temporarily impairs reward learning…
Study: Religious fundamentalists and dogmatic individuals are more likely to believe fake news
New research provides evidence that delusion-prone individuals, dogmatic individuals, and religious fundamentalists are more likely…
Study: Exercise improves reward functioning — but only in individuals accustomed to that exercise
A new study in Physiology & Behavior provides evidence that a single bout of exercise…
Genetics may influence intelligence by contributing to the development of larger brains
Genetic variants associated with intelligence are also weakly related to brain volume, according to a…
Study fails to find any evidence of ‘stereotype threat’ impairing women’s cognitive control and math ability
A psychological concept known as “stereotype threat” holds that the awareness of negative stereotypes can…
Neuroimaging study: Facebook use linked to enlarged brain structures
Spending time on Facebook is associated with increased grey matter volume in brain structures linked…
An altered ‘perception of illusory control’ helps explain why some people are more superstitious than others
Why are some people more superstitious than others? One reason could be that some people…
Study shows how interruptions could screw up the prospective memory of air traffic controllers
A new study sheds light on how interruptions could impact the prospective memory of air…
Evil geniuses? People high in Machiavellianism may have superior reasoning abilities
Fluid intelligence — a measure of a person’s adaptive reasoning and problem-solving skills — might…
People do an ‘alarmingly’ bad job of recalling information from airline preflight safety briefings
People have trouble remembering information from preflight safety briefings, according to new research published in…
People wearing virtual reality headsets have worse balance and increased mental exertion
New research published in PLOS One has found that virtual reality use impairs physical and…
Listening to music while exercising activates specific brain region — and could help stave off fatigue
New neuroimaging research sheds light on how music can help people shield themselves from feelings…
Study finds alcohol hangovers hamper learning and reward processing in the brain
New research published in Psychophysiology indicates that alcohol’s detrimental effects on the brain extend into…
New neuroimaging research helps explain why psychopaths lie effortlessly
A new study sheds light on the neural basis of dishonest behavior in psychopathic individuals.…