People who experience high inflammatory reactivity to socially stressful situations are more likely to develop depressive symptoms, according to a new study published in Psychological Science. The findings provide new insights into how interpersonal st…
Montessori students exhibit a more richly connected semantic memory network
The type of education a child receives appears to influence how they represent knowledge in long-term memory, according to a new study published in the journal Science of Learning. The findings indicate that Montessori students tend to have a more rich…
Facemasks and makeup result in overestimation of age of young adult women
According to a new study published in the Applied Cognitive Psychology, facemasks and makeup result in an overestimation of young women’s age, compared to neutral faces. However, the combination of these two is not additive. There is a discrepancy betw…
Trust in Trump’s pandemic performance linked to reduced knowledge about COVID-19
Greater trust in Donald Trump predicts reduced COVID-19 knowledge, while greater trust in scientists predicts more knowledge, according to new research published in the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties. On March 11th, 2020, the World He…
Disclosing victim status reduces online dating matches regardless of race or sex
According to a study published in the Journal of Experimental Criminology, disclosing victimization on dating profiles reduces overall matches, regardless of one’s race or sex. The researchers suggest that the stigma associated with the victim label ma…
Ambivalence appears to play a key role in how attractive alternatives impact romantic relationships
Being attracted to someone other than your current romantic partner is a common occurrence. New research indicates that attractive alternatives that elicit strong feelings of desire are associated with having mixed and conflicting feelings towards one’…
New research shows masks make it more difficult to read emotions from faces
Masks impair the recognition of six basic facial expressions, according to new research published in the journal Social Psychology. The findings suggests that visual information from lower portions of the face play an important role in understanding fa…
Brains of cosmonauts get ‘rewired’ to adapt to long-term space missions, study finds
[(https://blog.frontiersin.org/2022/02/18/brains-of-cosmonauts-get-rewired-to-adapt-to-long-term-space-missions-study-finds/) A new study published in Frontiers in Neural Circuits is the first to analyze the structural connectivity changes that happen …
Having your pain invalidated is associated with increased shame and, in turn, an increased risk of depression
Findings from the journal Frontiers in Psychology shed light on the link between pain invalidation and risk of depression. The study found that participants who felt invalidated in their pain experienced greater shame, and in turn, greater symptoms of …
People who conceal information in their day-to-day lives are more willing to form online relationships
A new study suggests that a person’s openness to forming online relationships is associated with their tendency to conceal personal information about themselves. The research has been published in the journal Personal Relationships. “In general, I’m fa…