By Christian Jarrett Do you think you are closer to your "true self" today than in the past? If so, is this a work in progress? Will the you of the future be even more authentic than you are today? A pair of US psychologists recently put these kind of questions to over 250 volunteers across two studies, to find out if there is a general pattern in the way that we think about the development of our true selves. [ 577 more words ]
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/becoming-the-real-you-do-we-be…/
Just think: As you enjoy your morning coffee, you are increasing the entropy throughout your brain – the bitter tonic is not merely waking you up, but apparently also boosting your brain’s useful anarchy, its complexity and information processing capacity.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/caffeine-causes-widespread-bra…/
By restricting the toys available to toddlers, they gain in terms of creativity and attentional development – and we adults get to walk through the house without constantly tripping over trucks, balls and unicorns.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/an-over-abundance-of-toys-may-…/
The original Marshmallow Test experiments were on 4-year-olds to 6-year-olds. Here, from the annals of cute, is what happened when Polish psychologists tried out a version of the test with toddlers aged just 18 months.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/this-is-what-happened-when-psy…/
This study focused on study strategies outside of class – once again, the evidence did not support the concept of learning styles.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/another-nail-in-the-coffin-for…/
Sports psychology special feature -- 9 fascinating findings to get you in the mood for this weekend's big boxing match between Anthony Joshua and Joseph Parker!
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/the-psychology-of-fighting-dig…/
Do you think you would know if your roommate was suffering psychologically?
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/how-well-can-university-roomma…/
By guest blogger Bradley Busch Can a brief video telling students that it’s possible to improve their intelligence and abilities make much difference to their educational outcomes? And if fostering a “growth mindset” in this way does make a difference, does it benefit all students and schools equally? Research on growth mindset over the past twenty years has progressed from experiments in a laboratory into real world settings, such as classrooms. [ 819 more words ]
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/this-cheap-brief-growth-mindse…/
Situation selection is about making a greater effort to plan ahead and seek out the sunlit places that promise more joy.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/preliminary-evidence-that-situ…/
Thank you, whoever you are, for making the world a more pleasant place!
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/psychologists-have-profiled-th…/
A meta-synthesis of qualitative research on what it's like to have to undertake compulsory psychotherapy as part of your training to become a psychotherapist. Have you completed mandatory personal therapy? What was it like?
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/psychotherapy-trainees-experie…/
"We misunderstand the current levels of STEM gender imbalance if we attribute it entirely to social injustice. A substantial cause of the current STEM gender mix may be the product of young men and women making considered, rational choices to leverage their strengths and passions in different ways."
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/investigating-the-stem-gender-…/
Bittersweet songs were listened to more often than happy or relaxing songs, and provoked a deeper connection
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/psychologists-have-explored-wh…/
It's a kind of psychophysiological superpower - do you know anyone who can do it?
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/first-systematic-study-of-peop…/
"... helping women develop more stereotypically masculine traits of the kind displayed by the male and female managers in this study, could be one way to enable more women to become bosses"
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/male-and-female-bosses-share-t…/
Participants could recognise the function of songs from other cultures after listening to just 14-second clips. Maybe there is some truth to the idea that music is a universal language ...
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/musical-universals-people-can-…/
Intelligence tests are meant to tell you something about a person’s inherent abilities. But what if the results are distorted by the motivation to perform well? That would undermine the tests’ validity and have important implications for their use in education and recruitment.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/smart-or-determined-examining-…/
