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Sleepy Politics: How Sleep Deprivation can Affect Political Decision Making

... not only at the individual cognitive level, but at the social level, too. These social effects of sleep deprivation can alter decisions above and beyond the ... – impairments to critical decision making. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 26, 2226-2231. Ilkowska, M., & ... / more

Call for Blogs and Bloggers

... research to address a hot topic, current event, social issue, fad, or trend with the general public using a conversational ... from related fields of study (e.g., anthropology, neuroscience , linguistics, political science, etc.). Submissions for this ... / more

The Hope Circuit, Reviewed by Joe Smith

... overwhelming evidence from evolutionary biology, genetics, neuroscience and twin studies for the enormous role of biology in almost every ... psychology for a general audience, Aronson’s The Social Animal (1972). It was a revelatory for Seligman, as well as for his ... / more

The Effect of Acute Stress on Memory: How It Helps and How It Hurts

... participants immerse their hands in ice water, the Trier Social Stress Test ( 17 ), in which participants are forced to present a ... T.Z. (2009). The neuro-symphony of stress. Nature Reviews Neuroscience , 10, 459-484. doi: 10.1038/nrn2632 6  Schwabe, L., ... / more

Social Machines: Social Aspects of Human-Computer Interaction

... emotions or desires. Why do we still act like it is a social being? Humans are social animals “Humans are ... L. Craighero, “The Mirror-Neuron System,” Ann. Rev. Neuroscience , vol. 27, pp. 169-192, 2004. 3 J. Pickles, An Introduction ... / more

The Kids are Alright? An Interview with Well-Being Ambassador Will Williams and a Case for Bringing Mindfulness to Schools

... which is simply the extent to which someone has obtained social and psychological prosperity [ 5 ]. IM: And what are some of ... yeah? Well the research amassing in psychology and neuroscience is actually on Will’s side here. For example, a handful of ... / more

Sex differences in the perception of sexual arousal

... a missed mating opportunity. The former only leads to minor social repercussions while the later leads to a missed opportunity to pass on ... (2000). Emotion circuits in the brain. Annual Review of Neuroscience , 23(1), 155–184. Doi: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.23.1.155 ... / more

How Much Does the Menstrual Cycle Affect Emotional Life?

... also seem to be dependent on how the individual and her social environment react and relate to the emotional changes. Even though the ... M. (2011). Neuroactive steroids: focus on human brain. Neuroscience , 191 , 1-5. Gingnell, M., Morell, A., Bannbers, E., ... / more

Are Victim or Eyewitness Statements Credible? Several Ways to Check Them

... memory : past and future. Dialogues in Clinical Neuroscience , 14 (1), 7–18. Retrieved from ... The effect of deception , age, status, coaching, and social skills on CBCA scores.  Law and Human Behavior ,  26 (3), 261-283. ... / more

Is there an art center in our brain? That’s bananas!

... could also be used to signal one’s position in the social hierarchy of the group to which one belongs. But it also had meaning in ... „Neuroaesthetics“, in Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience , 2nd edition (Second Edition), S. Della Sala, Hrsg., Oxford: ... / more