Americans' emotional well-being, their happiness, increases as their income increases to $ 75,000 per year, according to a study published today in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
September is here, and with it the collectibles that flood the kiosks. Although collecting objects in moderation has psychological benefits, however, according to an addiction expert at the University of Granada (UGR), they can cause people with a tendency to suffer from obsessive compulsive disorder to develop this pathology earlier.
Being married or having a stable partner reduces the production of cortisol, known as the stress hormone, according to a study led by Dario Maestripieri, from the University of Chicago and published in the journal Stress.
Unlike the classic Superman or Captain America, today's superheroes are action characters who engage in unstoppable violence and convey a negative male stereotype. "They are aggressive, sarcastic and rarely talk about doing good to humanity," explained Sharon Lamb, a psychologist at the University of Massachusetts, during the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association that just took place in San Diego, USA. ).
The psychologist Matina Horner, from the University of Michigan, saw that, regarding personal achievements, feminine feelings are more ambivalent than masculine ones. Dr. Horner asked a group of students to write stories about success and found that those that spoke of female success put more emphasis on negative consequences.
Extroverts are more creative than those who keep everything to themselves, especially when they are in a good mood, according to a new study by psychologists at the University of Portsmouth (USA).
Keeping the mind busy with tasks drives away negative emotions, according to a study by researcher Christopher K. Hsee of the University of Chicago (USA) and his colleagues, published in the journal 'Psychological Science'.
People with a foreign accent are less credible to the brains of their listeners than native speakers, according to a new study from the University of Chicago published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.
Danni Büchner is invited to Sam Dylan's Halloween party. But the "Goodbye Germany" emigrant has no desire for many other party guests. And find clear words.
