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Mental HealthEconomic data reveal the disturbing “echo of anxiety” after fatal school shootings
Stay informed on the latest psychology and neuroscience research—follow PsyPost on LinkedIn for daily updates and insights. A new study finds that deadly school shootings affect the wider communities where …
Mental HealthGirls as young as 8 show cognitive sensitivity to their own body weight, new study finds
A new study has found that girls as young as eight or nine years old already have a tendency to notice and respond to numbers representing their own body weight, …
Mental HealthCognitive inflexibility amplifies risk of disordered exercise in men
A study of undergraduate male students found that cognitive inflexibility related to body weight, shape, and exercise moderates the link between drive for muscularity and dysfunctional exercise. In other words, …
Mental HealthAnxious minds don’t always fixate on danger, according to new study
Stay informed on the latest psychology and neuroscience research—follow PsyPost on LinkedIn for daily updates and insights. Anxiety does not appear to impair people’s ability to disengage attention from threatening …
Social PsychologySimple social rituals like eye contact and small talk are psychologically powerful
How much do you engage with others when you’re out in public? Lots of people don’t actually engage with others much at all. Think of commuters on public transportation staring …
Social PsychologyEpistemic mistrust and dogmatism predict preference for authoritarian-looking leaders
A new study published in the journal Politics and the Life Sciences sheds light on how the way people come to trust or mistrust information can influence their political views …