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Brain Activity Can Predict Which Articles Go Viral
Reporters and editors, bloggers, social media stars, and even big companies are all trying to figure out the secret recipe for making content go viral. Punchy headlines, funny gifs, and cute animals all seem to
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How Job Insecurity Impacts Personal Identity
The threat of job instability doesn’t just cause economic stress, it can also have a major impact on how we view ourselves and our sense of personal identity.
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SSCP Honors Student Researcher for Studies on Racial Bias
Donte Bernard, a graduate student in the clinical psychology program at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has received the prestigious Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology’s Outstanding Student Diversity Research Award.
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NIH Releases New Videos on Navigating Peer Review
NIH’s Center for Scientific Review has produced a webinar series on peer review.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring the neural representation of interpretive frameworks, motor planning for joint action, and the influence of attention on spatial resolution.
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New York Today: How Warm Weather Affects Our Behavior
The New York Times: Good morning on this beautiful Friday. This week, we’ve observed some odd behavior for February: people sunbathing in Washington Square Park, passers-by in shorts sipping iced coffee and commuters lining up near empty Citi Bike racks. Which got us thinking: How does warm weather affect our behavior? “Studies have shown that pleasant weather is associated with a few positive shifts in behavior,” said Vinita Mehta, a clinical psychologist practicing in Washington. We asked her to guide us through some of the research. ... Participants in a 2008 study in Germany kept a daily journal of their well-being, while data from nearby weather stations was collected.
