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Testosterone May Dampen Police Recruits’ Emotional Control
A study involving Dutch Police Academy recruits suggests that aggressive individuals may be more sensitive to the effects of testosterone when faced with emotionally charged situations.
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Study Finds No Evidence That More Violent, Difficult Video Games Spur Aggression
Some of the most popular video games feature violence of some kind — psychological scientists are investigating whether violent in-game behavior actually impacts real-world behavior.
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring: rewards, attention, and working memory; testosterone and emotional control in police recruits; and gene-environment interactions linking early adversity and romantic relationships.
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A Rational Case for Following Your Emotions
In the popular American imagination, emotion and rationality are often mutually exclusive. One is erratic, unpredictable, and often a liability; the other, cool, collected, and absent obvious feeling. And even though research suggests that people
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Why your emotions and senses go haywire on a plane
When model, cookbook author and unofficial mayor of Twitter Chrissy Teigen wondered aloud on the social media platform whether there is a reason she cries more at movies while on a plane, she tapped into
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New Research From Psychological Science
A sample of research exploring GDP and science achievement, the effects of reward and punishment on information processing, emotion differentiation and regulation, and intrasexual aggression.
