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Busted! Gender Myths in the Bedroom & Beyond
msnbc: The difference in men's and women's attitudes toward sex are often taken for granted. Men want sex, women want commitment; men look for attractive mates and women go after social status. But not all psychologists are on board with these gender-essentialist statements. In a new review, University of Michigan psychologist Terri Conley and colleagues sift through psychology studies and find gender differences aren't always as black-and-white (or pink-and-blue) as they seem. Here are six gender differences that may not be innate after all. 1.
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10 secrets of super-happy couples
Women's Health Australia: Whether you’ve been together for six months or six years, spend some time each day acting as if you just started dating. Ask him what he thought of that TV episode or share what you’d do if you won the lottery. “Over time, couples stop asking those exploratory, get-to-know-you questions because they think they already understand each other,” says Terri Orbuch, author of 5 Simple Steps to Take Your Marriage from Good to Great. But because we all continue to change and develop, little daily check-ins like this are what keep the connection growing, according to Orbuch’s research of 373 pairs. Chat about something beside the daily grind – at least for a bit.
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Sexe : les femmes valent bien les hommes
Yahoo France: En matière de sexe, le comportement des hommes et des femmes est plus similaire qu'on ne le croit. La Série Sex and the City s'amuse à casser un certain nombre de clichés sexuels concernant les femmes. Elle montre, notamment, combien les femmes adorent, elles aussi, parler de sexe entre elles ! Autant que les hommes et avec les mêmes mots crus. Autant le dire, les femmes peuvent se révéler aussi obsédées et ardentes que les mecs, malgré tous les stéréotypes qui ont cours. Terry D. Conley, professeur assistant de psychologie à l'université du Michigan, sans doute grande admiratrice de la série, s'est amusée à confronter ces clichés aux dernières études menées en la matière.
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‘Educational TV’ for Babies? It Doesn’t Exist
TIME: If there was any doubt that television is not a good use of toddlers' time, consider the findings of one study that drilled down into babies' understanding of what they were watching on TV. When groups of 6-, 12- and 18-month-olds watched cartoons played both forward and backward, so that the characters were doing everything in reverse, only the oldest babies showed a preference for the correct order. It's not that they're less discriminating. But until about age 2, studies show that young children can't cognitively comprehend what's being said and retain that information.
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An Unforgettable World Series? Only If Your Team Wins
Miller-McCune: Fans of the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals will be anxiously following every inning of baseball during this year’s World Series. But how much will they remember about the key games five or six years from now? New research suggests it largely depends upon on whether their team won or lost. A study just published in the journal Psychological Science contradicts the notion we have sharper memories of negative events. Catholic University psychologists Carolyn Breslin and Martin Safer found fans of the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox more accurately recalled key playoff games in which their team prevailed.
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What scientists are doing about creepy CGI humans
msnbc: A century ago, psychologists identified "the uncanny" as an experience that seems familiar yet foreign at the same time, causing some sort of brain confusion and, ultimately, a feeling of fear or repulsion. Originally no more than a scientific curiosity, this psychological effect has gradually emerged as a profound problem in the fields of robotics and computer animation. The most familiar things in the world to us — the voices, appearances and behavior of humans — are being replicated with increasing veracity by animators and robotics engineers.
