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¿Por qué algunas personas son mejores que otras recordando rostros?
AOL Latino: ¿Has conocido a una persona que se presenta contigo en varias ocasiones y siempre como si fuera la primera vez, o quizás a alguien que te ha dicho, "yo te recuerdo de algún lugar, tu cara me es familiar"? Un nuevo estudio realizado por la Beijin Normal University y publicado en el Psychological Science afirma que cuánto una persona puede o no recordar un rostro tiene una explicación científica. Según reportara Science Daily, en un día normal el ser humano reconoce rostros holística y analíticamente, esto al encontrar similitudes en partes del cuerpo del individuo como los ojos o la nariz.
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Why Aren’t We Smarter?
Astrobiology Magazine: We put a lot of energy into improving our memory, intelligence, and attention. There are even drugs that make us sharper, such as Ritalin and caffeine. But maybe smarter isn’t really all that better. A new paper published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, warns that there are limits on how smart humans can get, and any increases in thinking ability are likely to come with problems. The authors looked to evolution to understand about why humans are only as smart as we are and not any smarter.
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Individuals Are Removed Of Blame When In Groups
Scientific American: Groupthink is a phenomenon in which the members of a group override their individuality in favor of unanimity. Scholars have ascribed bad decision making to groupthink, for example, in U.S. policy during the Vietnam War. But how do outsiders interpret groupthink when they observe the behavior of a group and its members? A research team had subjects rate groups, such as corporations, sports teams and government parties, about how much the group has its own collective intelligence. Subjects also rated how much each member of the group had a mind of his or her own. Finally, they rated the perceived cohesiveness of the group. Listen here: Scientific American
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Is this as smart as we get?
The Globe and Mail: “A provocative new paper warns that our societal effort to do whatever it takes to improve intelligence may be misguided, as any increases in thinking ability are likely to come with problems,” reports Psych Central. “In a paper published in Current Directions in Psychological Science, the authors looked to evolution to understand why humans are only as smart as we are and not any smarter. … To answer the question, the authors reviewed the evolutionary process and discovered that additional intelligence gains would most likely be offset by some other unintended consequence.
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Fewer teens getting driver’s licenses as more seniors retain them
Los Angeles Times: In an era of expensive gasoline and a threadbare economy, fewer young people are getting driver's licenses and more older people are holding on to them as long as possible. The data reflect big behavioral, technological and economic shifts, said Michael Sivak, research professor at the University of Michigan's Transportation Research Institute. "The availability of virtual contact through electronic means has reduced the need for actual contact among young people," said Sivak, who holds a doctorate in psychology.
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Employee misconduct unsettles companies
The Times of India: People often judge a 'group' mind differently from that of a 'member' which has led to the cropping up of issues like decision-making, blame and moral judgment in companies, political groups and organizations, according to a new study. The more people judge a group to have a mind, which includes the ability to think, intend or plan, the less they judge a member of that group to have his or her own aptitude to think, intent or plan, and vice versa. This is the so-called 'trade off' in the way people view the group versus the way they view individuals in the group. Read the whole story: The Times of India
