While many people still hold honesty, warmth, and compassion in high esteem, these positive personality characteristics can become less important under some circumstances. Why?

Scientists have observed anyons -- quasiparticles that differ from the familiar fermions and bosons -- in a one-dimensional quantum system for the first time. The results may contribute to a better ...

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Adolescent Attachment Style—Comparative Study. Open Access Library Journal, 12, 1-12. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1113489 . There are many definitions of emotional intelligence (EI) in the literature, being ...

Psychology and Language Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. I use computational and experimental methods to study the evolution of language and the human capacity for language. I am particularly ...

What attracted you to the area of experimental psychology and why is it important? I think like most researchers - ‘curiosity’. I have always been curious about how the brain works, and the more I ...

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The Cambridge Handbook of Consumer Psychology.Michael I. Norton, 2015, Book, "Why do consumers make the purchases they do, and which ones make them truly happy?Why are consumers willing to spend huge ...

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Dr. Mary Pritchard received her Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology from the University of Denver. She regularly teaches Psychology of Eating, Psychology of Health, Community Psychology, and Healthy Body ...