Psychology & Sociology

Psychology & Sociology

Optical illusion dilates pupils

Perceiving the expansion of darkness can dilate the pupils of the human eye, like anticipating entering a dark room. © Laeng, Nabil, and...
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Psychology & Sociology

Social media puts us in “dissociative state”

We often spend more time on social media than we actually want. © Victollio/ iStock Many people feel like they spend more time on...
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Psychology & Sociology

The future of work – New Work Study

© Domenico Loia via Unsplash What is new work? The term new work refers to a concept that deals with an idea of ​​"new work" that...
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Psychology & Sociology

Natural Ways To Refresh Your Daily Life

Everyone gets stuck in a rut from time to time. If you're looking for some simple ways to refresh your daily life, you've come...
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Psychology & Sociology

Arousal is reflected in the breath

Researchers are on the trail of the signature of pleasure in the breath. © Gpointstudio/iStock When you are sexually aroused, something happens in the...
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Psychology & Sociology

Employee motivation when moving office

Cohesion and teamwork are important measures when moving to a workplace. © pixabay.com, mohamed_hassan (CC0 Public Domain) Moving to a new home can have...
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Psychology & Sociology

Video calls inhibit creativity

How does video conferencing affect creativity? © Violeta Stoimenova/ iStock More and more people work mainly from home and meet their colleagues primarily via...
Emmaline Middleton -
Psychology & Sociology

How to write a great philosophy essay? Student guide

Writing a philosophy essay is as creative a job as possible. You can write many theses on various topics because philosophy is a science...
Ben Phillips -
Psychology & Sociology

It’s just coincidence that we all love to eat potato chips

Albert Einstein once said, “God does not play dice. But he was only partially right about that. © pxel66, Getty Images Science likes...
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Psychology & Sociology

On the trail of motivation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHtCpdhDy1E What motivates us? What strengthens the driving force and what weakens it? At the University of Tübingen, Humboldt Professor Kou Murayama is...
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Psychology & Sociology

Targeting criminals

The ingenious detection methods used by forensic scientists are, among other things, the focus of the cover story of bdw. © Microgen/istock From crime...
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Psychology & Sociology

Monkeys sense their own heartbeat

Rhesus monkeys can associate audiovisual displays with their own heartbeat pattern. Illustration © Matthew Verdolivo/UC Davis What is going on in my own body?...
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Psychology & Sociology

Fear in the focus of research

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2_jT4OoH4M At the University of Marburg, an internationally renowned anxiety researcher is working on transferring neuroscientific results to clinical psychology. Source: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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Psychology & Sociology

When we think of “people” do we tend to think of men?

Language can shape certain ideas. © cienpies/ iStock Anyone who tries to use gender-neutral language often uses gender-neutral terms such as "persons", "people" or...
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Psychology & Sociology

Origin shapes orientation skills

Whether people grew up in well-ordered settlement structures like in Chicago (left) or in more "organic" ones like in Prague (right) is reflected in...
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Psychology & Sociology

Animal emotions raise ethical questions

What does an octopus feel? © Freder/ iStock Squid can solve complex puzzles, bees have different levels of exploration based on previous experience, and...
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Psychology & Sociology

Why we are carried away by samba music

Researchers have devoted a study to the effects of samba rhythms and their neural echo. © Joa_Souza/iStock At the famous carnival parades in Rio...
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Psychology & Sociology

Uncovering the mysteries of language

Linguists study the many interesting aspects of human language. ©iLexx/iStock When and why did humans develop their ability to communicate verbally, what happens in...
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Psychology & Sociology

How parrots control themselves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChsjyjG1bDg Sometimes it's a good idea to wait wisely: people can resist immediate temptation knowing it will reward them later. Parrots are also capable...
Emmaline Middleton -
Psychology & Sociology

Post-truth tendencies since 1980

A change from rational to intuitive language can also be seen in books. (Image: demaerre/ iStock) "We conclude" or "I believe"? In the...
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