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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of new research exploring object-based attention in reading, information processing and language, and the relationship between objects’ affordances and attention.
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How Boring Roads Lead to Distracted Driving
A simulation study suggests that drivers’ minds wander more often when they travel on empty roads compared to busy routes.
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Why We Can’t Stop Texting and Driving
Once smartphones arrived in the hands of the masses, it didn’t take long for drivers to start using them behind the wheel — not only to make calls, but also to send text messages. Even more alarming
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Contagious Anxiety in Inter-Race Interactions
Simply interacting with someone with a racial bias could cause one to ‘catch’ that anxiety and feel secondhand stress.
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Teaching Current Directions in Psychological Science
“How to Give a Gift: Shock and Awe, or Calm and Useful?” by
C. Nathan DeWall and “Corralling the Drifting Mind” by Cindi May and Gil Einstein -
Young Men, Frequent Drivers Most Likely To Get Distracted While Driving
If you’re reading this on your phone while driving, stop it. Especially if you’re a young neurotic extroverted guy who drives a lot. Two seconds of attention to the insistent beeping and blinking of our