progscrape: psychology

Eye-tracking study reveals that calorie labels only influences people who are already actively trying to lose weight

46 days ago surrey.ac.uk psychology

While men score higher on a majority of wellbeing metrics, with lower levels of negative emotions like worry, sadness, stress, and anger, women report higher overall life satisfaction

33 days ago psypost.org psychology

Study reveals silent mental health crisis among new parents

50 days ago uea.ac.uk psychology

People blink less when they are working harder to understand speech in noisy environments, suggesting that blinking reflects the mental effort behind listening, while blink patterns remain stable across different lighting conditions

42 days ago concordia.ca psychology

Seven multi-site studies find people rate others’ emotions as more intense than individuals rate their own emotions

24 days ago doi.org psychology

Height dissatisfaction is associated with lower self-esteem, anxiety, loneliness, depression, and reduced quality of life

35 days ago journals.plos.org psychology

Common left-right political scale masks anti-establishment views at the center

46 days ago psypost.org psychology

Adolescents with higher levels of social anxiety were more likely to use maladaptive regulation strategies when facing interpersonal stress.The study suggests a specific deficit in restraining negative thoughts rather than a lack of positive skills.

39 days ago psypost.org psychology

Vulvas, aligning with cultural aesthetics, were rated as more attractive and linked to positive personality traits by other women

38 days ago journals.sagepub.com psychology

Feeling that a sentence is unacceptable may have little to do with an internal grammar module

41 days ago doi.org psychology