Browsing Programs, Centers, and Institutes by Department "Psychological and Brain Sciences"
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Parkinsonism refers to a set of conditions featuring motor symptoms such as slowness, tremor, and rigidity that are most commonly observed in older patients. Forms of Parkinsonism, including Parkinson’s disease (PD) and ...
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Research concerning the effects of extraterrestrial beliefs has been largely concerned with its correlation to other paranoid beliefs and mental health issues. This study, however, attempts to understand the more intrapersonal ...
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Cognitive control, or the ability to voluntarily guide one's own behavior, continually improves throughout childhood (Luna et al., 2010). Over time, children move from reflexive and reactionary behaviors to greater control ...
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Curiosity is a natural way to gather more information about the world, making it directly relevant for learning. However, little research has examined the relation between children’s curiosity and formal learning. Moreover, ...
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Something that is difficult to understand or explain can be described as a mystery. Mysteries excite curiosity, wonder and may even lead individuals to feel a sense of awe. This can be both good and bad but depending on ...
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Politics has become a popular, and also problematic, thing to discuss and see in our day-to-day lives. Politics is seen in our lives through social media, daily interactions, and popular news media outlets. There has been ...
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A hallmark coping mechanism of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is avoidance, which is a behavior that decreases the likelihood of encountering a perceived threatening stimulus. Seventy-five Sprague Dawley rats were ...
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(2021-05-07)Forenames are commonly recognized as labels used to identify or distinguish ourselves from others and signal varying levels of behavioral traits within a gender group, with some gender-specific forenames appearing as more ...
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Mind-wandering is a ubiquitous human experience characterized by task-unrelated thought, or thought that deviates from the present task. Past research has found that mind-wandering is a vital moderator of psychological ...