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Always on the Move: How Residential Mobility Impacts Our Well-Being

... especially to the newcomers. Even more exciting, their social circles were so broad that John would likely meet various kinds of ... topic that has been well studied by sociologists and other social scientists for decades. For example, higher residential mobility ... residential stability, and their interactive effects with media use. Communication Research, 30, 80–106. doi: ... / more

Experience in Action Games and the Effects on Executive Control

... BIU, 2012). Many politicians and members of the public media express their concerns about this development and refer to potentially negative social effects (which have not been entirely proven yet). However, cognitive ... / more

What does your selfie say about you?

... Qu, & Zhu, 2015) . Personality expression in social media Psychological research has shown that personality can be revealed ... / more

Seeing and Believing: Common Courtroom Myths in Eyewitness Memory

... This is a sentiment that is often expressed in media articles detailing the pitfalls of eyewitness evidence in courts and ... on a complex interplay of personal, situational, and social factors (e.g., the witness’ distance from the perpetrator, individual ... / more

Empathy and prejudice after attacks in Paris and Beirut

... theory that describes how our physical distance, social distance, and hypothetical distance can influence whether our thinking ... in Beirut, the attacks in Paris were widespread in the media. We already know that the media can prime what we think about, and we use ... / more

Foetus or child? Language and attitudes toward abortion

... about the British ‘royal pregnancy’ was stirring up the media worldwide from the day it was officially announced to the very date of ... Dehumanization : An integrative review. Personality and Social Psychology Review , 10 , 252–264. Joseph, R. (2009). Human ... / more

From the Editors: On the Current State of Science Journalism

... groundbreaking discoveries from cognitive, behavioral, and social scientists impress the academic community, and continue to prove the ... in an ideal world, yes. But unfortunately, many mainstream media outlets have demonstrated that they are ill-equipped at best, and overtly ... / more

Was that how it happened? Shaping our memory for personal experiences in conversation with others

... story were revealed, he was heavily criticized by the media and the public. Despite issuing a televised apology, Williams was ...   Memories are reproductions that can be shaped by social influence Contrary to popular belief, our memories are not libraries ... / more

Elephants and Donkeys Are Killing The United States: Why We Need Political Diversity

While the opinions expressed in our own social networks may overwhelmingly predict our presidential candidate winning ... the liberals (Silver, 2012). With cable TV, internet, and social media now providing hundreds of explicitly partisan news sources which tailor ... / more

Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm and Live With Themselves

... of moral disengagement, like the entertainment industry and media (chapter 3), the gun industry (chapter 4), the corporate world (chapter ... PCs, video games, smart phones) and the Internet (YouTube, social media, etc). Furthermore, most of the reported scientific evidence dates ... / more