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Gone but Not Forgotten: Yearning for Lost Loved Ones Linked to Altered Thinking About the Future
People suffering from complicated grief may have difficulty recalling specific events from their past or imagining specific events in the future, but not when those events involve the partner they lost, according to a new study published in Clinical Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. The death of a loved one is among the most painful and disruptive experiences a person can face. For most, the grief subsides over time. But those who suffer from complicated grief continue to yearn for the lost loved one, experience waves of painful emotion, and feel hopeless about the future.
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New Research From <em>Clinical Psychological Science</em>
Read about the latest research published in Clinical Psychological Science. David A. Sbarra, Adriel Boals, Ashley E. Mason, Grace M. Larson, and Matthias R. Mehl Expressive writing (EW) is a therapeutic exercise in which individuals write about their deepest thoughts and feelings related to a trauma. This study examined the effectiveness of a new form of expressive writing called narrative expressive writing (NEW). Recently separated individuals were assigned to complete a traditional EW, a NEW, or a control writing exercise.
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Ostracizing Others Hurts As Much As Being Excluded Ourselves, Study Finds
The Huffington Post: Being purposely ignored hurts -- and so does purposely ignoring someone, new research suggests. "Our results highlight that it goes against the grain of people’s psychological needs to exclude others," study researcher Richard Ryan, of the University of Rochester, said in a statement. The study, published in the journal Psychological Science, involved having study participants play a computer game called Cyberball, in which "players" throw a ball to one another.
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Babies prefer those who pick on individuals who are different
The Boston Globe: People often yearn for the innocence of youth, that time of unbiased childlike wonder that came before experience intruded, transforming us into cynical and self-interested adults. But we may be nostalgic for a time that never quite existed, according to a new study that found babies prefer individuals who harm, rather than help, characters who are different from them. ... But would babies always, universally, prefer heroes to villains? Or would their preference depend on who was being helped or hindered? The researchers wondered: would they see the enemy of their enemy as a friend?
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MBA Admissions Interviews: A Numbers Game?
Business Week: As any rejected business school applicant will probably tell you, admissions officers sometimes make mistakes. Now, new research from two business school professors attempts to show how those mistakes happen. Uri Simonsohn, an associate professor of operations and information management at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, and Francesca Gino, an associate professor of business administration at Harvard Business School, analyzed data from 9,000 MBA admissions interviews spanning 10 years. The program that was the subject of the research is at “a large state school,” according to Simonsohn.
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Sleep Paralysis: Researchers Identify What Makes The Sleep Condition So Distressing
The Huffington Post: Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis, the condition where you may feel totally physically paralyzed either right before falling asleep or immediately upon waking up? If you felt panicked after the experience, science is getting closer to understanding why. A new study examines what exactly makes people feel distressed after a sleep paralysis episode, and shows that sensory experiences and innate "features" of the condition -- like feeling fear -- were linked with higher reports of distress. The research, published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science, included 293 people who experienced sleep paralysis.
