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Harsh sound like screams hijack brain areas involved in pain and aversion, making them impossible to ignore, suggests a new study, which found rough sounds with fluctuations in the range of 40-80 Hz particularly awful…

6 years ago digest.bps.org.uk brain

Spending more time on your hobbies can boost your confidence at work, if they are sufficiently different from your job, but if your hobby is too similar to your work…

6 years ago digest.bps.org.uk

Politicians with greater openness to experience were less likely to win elections compared to unsuccessful rivals, suggests new Canadian study (n=3,328)

6 years ago digest.bps.org.uk canada

“Dietarian identity”, the social identity of how people feel, think and behave around their diets, may not always line up with their behaviour, suggests a new study (n=837), which found flexitarians may consider themselves vegetarian despite eating meat because of their “meat-avoider identity”.

6 years ago digest.bps.org.uk

When people close to us behave immorally, we are inclined to protect them, even if their crimes are particularly heinous, suggests a new study (n=2,847), which could explain why we hear of high profile figures committing horrific crimes for decades…

6 years ago digest.bps.org.uk

When false claims are repeated, we start to believe they are true, suggests a new study

6 years ago digest.bps.org.uk

People who have experienced adversity are resistant to “numeracy bias” in compassion, where feelings of compassion do not tend to increase in response to greater numbers of people in distress…

6 years ago digest.bps.org.uk

Why spiky shapes seem angry and round sounds are calming

6 years ago digest.bps.org.uk

Five unusual, evidence-based ways to get better at a new language

6 years ago digest.bps.org.uk

Children With An Older Brother Have Poorer Language Skills Than Those With A Big Sister

6 years ago digest.bps.org.uk