bild der wissenschaft: Menschen mit Spinnenphobie sollten ihre negativen Gefühle aussprechen „Wenn ich diese eklige, haarige Spinne sehe, stellen sich mir alle Haare auf“, wäre ein geeigneter Satz, um die Abscheu gegenüber dem achtbeinigen Tier zu äußern. Aber auch, um Ekel und Angst vor ihnen abzubauen, sagen amerikanische Wissenschaftler. Aus More
Prevention: Does the thought of boarding a plane make your palms sweat? How about starting a new job, or even just speaking up in a meeting? Anxiety plagues all of us in different ways, but new research from the University of California, Los Angeles suggests that conquering it could be More
Can simply describing your feelings at stressful times make you less afraid and less anxious? Researchers investigate. More
A catastrophic event – such as a terrorist attack, a natural disaster, or market collapse – often strikes twice. There is the damage caused by the event itself, as lives are lost or left in ruin. But there is also the second act, catalyzed by our response to the catastrophic More
We use language every day to express our emotions, but can this language actually affect what and how we feel? Two new studies from Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, explore the ways in which the interaction between language and emotion influences our well-being. Putting Feelings More
From one day to the next, approval ratings of political figures can plummet or soar. Psychological scientists have long been trying to identify the cognitive factors that might account for the vagaries of public opinion. Why, for example, did the approval ratings of President George W. Bush— who was perceived More
