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"You might not be surprised to hear about the harmful health consequences of a sedentary lifestyle, but perhaps less obvious is that physical inactivity is also associated with unwelcome changes in personality over time."
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/adopting-a-more-active-lifesty…/
If a person can be persuaded they did something they didn't do, does it matter whether they actually remember the event or not?
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/psychologists-clash-over-how-e…/
Choose your friends wisely!
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/your-childhood-best-friends-in…/
Better think twice before deploying your psych knowledge this Valentines!
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/a-cautionary-tale-about-using-…/
US psychopaths are callous, Dutch psychopaths are parasitic. Genuine cross-cultural differences or a reflection of confusion over what exactly psychopathy is?
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/important-differences-uncovere…/
By Christian Jarrett Any context that encourages us to focus on a person's body, more than their mind, is said to lead to objectification, such as when, in a previous era, a Formula One fan looked upon an attractive "grid girl" dressed in revealing clothes. Perhaps the most serious concern about objectification is that it can lead us to disregard the rights and experiences of the objectified person. [ 806 more words ]
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/reduced-neural-empathy-for-wom…/
By Christian Jarrett Imagining ourselves as no longer existing is, for most of us, terrifying. Buddhism may offer some reassurance. A central tenet of the religion is that all is impermanent and the self is actually an illusion. If there is no self, then why fear the end of the self? To find out if the logic of the Buddhist perspective eliminates existential fear, Shaun Nichols at the University of Arizona and his colleagues surveyed hundreds of monastic Tibetan Buddhists (monks-in-training) in exile in India, as well as lay Tibetans, Tibetan Buddhists from Bhutan, Indian Hindus and American Christians and atheists. [ 765 more words ]
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/is-death-still-frightening-if-…/
"... it would be irresponsible to draw any firm conclusions about what they might mean for function and behaviour."
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/sex-differences-in-brain-struc…/
Studying psychiatric symptom dimensions rather than diagnostic categories reveals some intriguing links in the general public between symptoms and metacognition - including confidence and metacognitive accuracy.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/different-psychiatric-symptom-…/
By Emma Young Of course, there are examples of extremely intelligent individuals with strong religious convictions. But various studies have found that, on average, belief in God is associated with lower scores on IQ tests. “It is well established that religiosity correlates inversely with intelligence,” note Richard Daws and Adam Hampshire at Imperial College London, in a new paper… [ 442 more words ]
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/are-religious-people-really-le…/
Compounding the difficulties they have liking themselves, people with low self-esteem also tend to have poorer relationships. This new study suggests it's not all their fault – their partners really are less responsive (though both sides contribute to this dynamic)
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/its-not-all-in-their-heads-peo…/
The "other side" is not stupid - try listening to those who disagree with you.
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/something-we-could-use-a-littl…/
By Emma Young “Conferences on psychedelics are popping up everywhere, like mushrooms!” said Jakobien van der Weijden, of the Psychedelic Society of the Netherlands, when I met her in Amsterdam last week. Indeed, research into the use of psychedelic (mind-altering) drugs as tools in the treatment of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and end-of-life angst, is on the increase. Psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, may help to alleviate symptoms of depression by altering brain activity in key areas… [ 771 more words ]
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/psilocybin-from-magic-mushroom…/
By Christian Jarrett Discussion of the menopause tends be negative. Take the video introduction to "menopause week" held this week on BBC Radio 4 and BBC Radio Sheffield. The well-meaning presenters talk of "distress", the impact, the "troubling" changes, and "how to get through it". Of course the aim is to support and educate, and it's important to acknowledge the seriousness of some women's problems. [ 563 more words ]
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/not-as-bad-as-you-think-women-…/
The findings would appear to raise questions about the immediate use of hormonal treatments for teens diagnosed with gender dysphoria
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/most-children-and-teens-with-g…/
It's not all bad on Blue Monday
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/10-studies-that-show-the-advan…/
By Alex Fradera “Microaggressions” are seemingly innocuous words or behaviour that supposedly communicate a bias toward minority groups, such as asking Asian Americans where they are from, implying that they are not really part of the USA. According to advocates of the usefulness of the concept, microaggressions cause real harm, even if unintended by the perpetrator. However, the theoretical and evidential support for the concept of microaggressions is far from clear, as detailed in Scott Lilienfeld’s recent… [ 759 more words ]
https://digest.bps.org.uk/…/new-findings-pose-more-problem…/






























