Psychology news

• For students with mental health issues, transition to college is complicated

  12-09-2015 20:18
  
  All college campuses have disability services for those students willing to explore their options.
  
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• The nudge theory and beyond: how people can play with your mind

  12-09-2015 12:00
  
  Mental manipulation can be backed by good intentions – but when used with stealth, it is deceitful and wrongA couple of decades ago, a class of psychology undergraduates played a mean trick on their lecturer. The students on the right side of the room gently nodded, smiled, and looked thoughtful, while those on the left seemed bored and glum. Before long, the unsuspecting lecturer was addressing the “right” students with enthusiasm, with only the odd uncomfortable glance to the
  
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• Blue moods may be connected to our perception of the colour

  12-09-2015 11:00
  
  Dopamine, which stimulates the pleasure centre in the brain, is also involved in transmitting visual information“Feeling blue” might be more than just a metaphor. Indeed, how we feel about the world can play a huge role in how we see it, according to a study in the journal Psychological Science. Feeling sad can keep us from seeing in certain colours, as though we live in Dorothy’s Kansas. But a good mood can bring those colours back into the world, just like a tornado trip to O
  
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