progscrape: psychology

New study implies that the rise of right-wing populism is partly a psychological response to fear of the unknown

16 days ago psypost.org psychology

Visible physical aggression in popular online pornography has increased substantially over the past 25 years

31 days ago psypost.org psychology

Toxic masculinity indirectly lowers help-seeking behavior by encouraging men to bottle up emotions

24 days ago psypost.org psychology

As a society, we may be able to increase support for redistribution by exposing the ultra-rich

18 days ago lse.ac.uk psychology

Prozac appears to be no better than placebo for treating depression in children and teens; a new study proposes novelty bias and reduced expectancy effects as explanations for the loss of efficacy.

23 days ago jclinepi.com psychology

Factors that may lead young adults to consider cheating on their romantic partners: Half had at least one parent had an extramarital affair, usually the father

21 days ago psypost.org psychology

The Batman effect: A female experimenter, appearing pregnant, boarded the train

23 days ago nature.com psychology

People’s political views shape how they respond to companies that tightly control their frontline staff

29 days ago psypost.org psychology

Autistic adults are more likely to report suicide-related behaviours and psychological distress irrespective of previous traumatic experiences, according to new research.

17 days ago cam.ac.uk autism psychology

New research shows that after the wedding, beauty-for-status (the “trophy wife” trope) becomes a two-way street, with both husbands and wives adjusting their looks as income power shifts

30 days ago newatlas.com psychology

Singlehood stigma and fear of being alone linked to more flexible dating standards: People become more willing to date someone possessing what they consider a dealbreaker trait when faced with alternative of staying alone for years

17 days ago psypost.org psychology

Having a pet present during interactions with romantic partners or friends may increase visible signs of positive emotion, such as smiling and laughing

27 days ago psypost.org psychology

Study shows that providing people with information about the universal benefits of public goods significantly increases support for higher taxation

27 days ago link.springer.com psychology

Lonely children have an increased risk of dementia and cognitive decline in adulthood

21 days ago psypost.org psychology

See Figure 1: When a major Nature journal approves AI slop, it raises real questions about peer review, Nature’s quality control, and whether scientific institutions can police themselves.

17 days ago nature.com ai psychology

Using computer vision techniques on sound pictures of short speech fragments (“spectrograms”), researchers trained a neural network on voice recordings from people with and without schizophrenia

25 days ago nature.com psychology

Morality & Beliefs on Language Use: Study finds prioritizing moral values related to in-group loyalty, hierarchy, and purity predicts more restrictive language beliefs

16 days ago doi.org psychology

New study finds that "selective prosociality" (i.e., helping some people but not others) is not just about a particular situation

26 days ago doi.org psychology

Cognitive and mental health correlates of short-form video use

25 days ago psycnet.apa.org psychology video

Populist parties choose divisive issues on purpose, finds new study from 13 European countries

37 days ago norwegianscitechnews.com psychology

Families exposed to war and political violence are more likely to behave aggressively toward each other

28 days ago news.umich.edu psychology

Cannabis derived products, including cannabidiols (CBD) could make dogs less aggressive over time, finds largest study of its kind involving 47,355 dogs

15 days ago frontiersin.org cannabis psychology

The most comprehensive study of ketogenic diet’s mental health effects pooled 50 studies spanning 60 years to see what we know about its influence on mood

26 days ago newatlas.com psychology

New study of individuals with ADHD revealed that those with increased folds (gyrification) in frontal cortical regions of the brain generally responded better to treatment

14 days ago psypost.org brain psychology

Disgust sensitivity is linked to a sexual double standard, study finds

39 days ago psypost.org psychology

Women’s sexual desire is more strongly affected by stress, new study suggests. Higher subjective stress is linked to lower sexual desire and arousal