Psychology
22 May 2017
There’s more to attraction than what meets the eye
Voice and scent play an underappreciated role in understanding attractiveness.
164 news posts in Frontiers in Psychology
Psychology
15 May 2017
Playground politics — what drives rejection amongst children?
New study, published in Frontiers in Psychology, reveals that it’s not what a child does that leads to rejection, but how other children feel about it.
Psychology
09 May 2017
How do toddlers learn best from touchscreens?
New research, published in Frontiers in Psychology, shows that touchscreens can either help or hinder learning in toddlers.
Psychology
08 May 2017
How can children’s active exploration of the world influence development?
Research, published in Frontiers in Psychology, shows motor skills impact growth beyond physical health, such as language, math and social behavior.
Psychology
05 May 2017
Mental Qigong can be just as rewarding as its physical cousin
Study in Frontiers in Psychology shows that mental practice of Wu Qin Xi is a suitable alternative therapeutic intervention to physical dynamic Qigong training
Life sciences
01 May 2017
Are replication studies unwelcome?
Replication crisis in science highlighted by low acceptance rate of replication studies in psychology journals.
Psychology
24 Apr 2017
Girls’ confidence level, not math ability, hinders path to science degrees
When it comes to mathematics, girls rate their abilities markedly lower than boys, even when there is no observable difference between the two, according to Florida State University researchers.
Psychology
29 Mar 2017
Women in the police face identity conflict
Being part of a minority social group in a male-dominated workplace can make women feel undervalued, and reduce work performance and well-being.
Psychology
17 Mar 2017
Simply wearing a police uniform may cause bias
Students wearing police uniforms show biased attention towards people wearing hoodies.
Psychology
09 Mar 2017
Violent video games found not to affect empathy
Study finds no link between long-term playing of violent video games and changes in empathetic neural responses.
Life sciences
20 Feb 2017
Is the human brain hardwired to appreciate poetry?
A recent article published in Frontiers in Psychology demonstrated that we appear to have an unconscious appreciation of poetic construction.
Psychology
10 Feb 2017
We like taking selfies but not looking at them
The selfie paradox: taking selfies is hugely popular, yet most people would prefer fewer selfies on social media.
Psychology
24 Jan 2017
Where belief in free will is linked to happiness
Researchers show that the phenomenon, previously seen in Western populations, also occurs in Chinese teenagers, and can cross cultural divides
Psychology
05 Jan 2017
Measuring the emotional power of music
In exploring the psychological bases of human musicality, research expands simplistic categories of emotions, producing advanced tools which can sort feelings evoked by music and assess the emotional benefits of musical abilities. Here we interview Professor Marcel Zentner, Professor of Psychology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and Co-Chief specialty editor of section Personality and Social Psychology, in Frontiers in Psychology. His main research interests are in personality development, psychological assessment, emotion and music. By Eva Brown, Frontiers Science Writer We can all relate to music, which individually sparks some form of emotion within us, but what kind of emotion is it? Research shows that music induces numerous types of emotion, more in fact, than the bland categories usually referred to, such as happiness or sadness. “It is obvious that these categories do not capture the richness of feeling in response to music”, says Zentner. “It is no secret that music elicits ‘happiness’ or ‘positive affect’, so the merit lies not in stating the obvious, but in specifying musical happiness in all of its multiple forms.” The psychology of emotion focuses on broad categories, sadness, happiness, anger, fear, surprise, but are these categories too simplistic in analyzing our emotions? “They are useful for […]
Psychology
08 Dec 2016
Helping children achieve more in school
Study shows learning strategies are key to academic achievement and describe behavioural interventions that could reverse underachievement – By Abigail Pattenden, Science Writer – Not all children do well in school, despite being intellectually capable. Whilst parental relationships, motivation and self-concept all have a role to play, a recent study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychology shows that children’s learning strategy is key for academic success. The study showed that students with normal scores on intellectual tests but that have poor grades in secondary school are also not as good at acquiring and retaining information, or later applying it. Lead researcher of the study and professor at the University of Alicante in Spain, Juan Castejón, concludes that underachieving students appear to employ all of the learning strategies considered, but to a lesser extent than normal and overachieving students, and this seems to be the key for academic success. “The underachievers group of students also has poorer attitudes to learning goals, poorer relationships with their parents, and lower emotional stability than their peers,” says Castejón, “but learning strategies showed the strongest relationship with achievement.” By comparing underachievers with normal- or over-achievers, the work brings new insight on how educational interventions […]