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Children Gain More Weight When Parents See Them as ‘Overweight’
Children whose parents considered them to be ‘overweight’ gained more weight over the following decade compared with those whose parents thought they were ‘normal weight,’ according to data from two nationally representative studies.
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New Research in Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: The Role of Hedonic Behavior in Reducing Perceived Risk: Evidence From Postearthquake Mobile-App Data Jayson S. Jia, Jianmin Jia, Christopher K. Hsee, and Baba Shiv How does experiencing a disaster affect people's daily behaviors? To study this, the researchers followed participants who had experienced the Ya'an earthquake, which occurred on April 20, 2013, in southwest China. The researchers used phone data to examine telecommunications and app usage in the timeframe before and after the earthquake. One week after the earthquake, a subset of participants reported how threatened they currently felt by the earthquake.
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Detecting Misinformation Can Improve Memory Later On
Exposure to false information about an event usually makes it more difficult for people to recall the original details, but new research suggests that there may be times when misinformation actually boosts memory.
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Children Can ‘Catch’ Social Bias Through Nonverbal Signals Expressed by Adults
Preschool-aged children can learn bias even through nonverbal signals displayed by adults, such as a condescending tone of voice or a disapproving look.
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New Research From Psychological Science
Read about the latest research published in Psychological Science: On Learning Natural-Science Categories That Violate the Family-Resemblance Principle Robert M. Nosofsky, Craig A. Sanders, Alex Gerdom, Bruce J. Douglas, and Mark A. McDaniel A classical view of psychology suggests that categories are formed based on family resemblance: Members of a category have a group of features in common that are not shared with members of other categories; however, not all categories have been found to adhere to the family-resemblance principle.
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Internet Use in Class Tied to Lower Test Scores
Students who surfed the web in a college course had lower scores on the final exam than did those who didn’t go online.