(Photos: Peter Harrison, CBS)Is that chicken clucking at you seductively? It's no surprise. You're hot stuff. To chickens, that matters a lot.A study published in the journal Human Nature found that chickens preferred to...
https://www.neatorama.com/2016/01/11/Study-Chickens-Prefer-Beautiful-People/(The Stupid t-shirt on sale at the NeatoShop)What does it mean to be stupid? That's not a dumb question. In fact, it's important to know what, precisely, is stupidity. Psychologists Balazs Aczel and Bence Palfi of Eotvos...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/11/22/Psychologists-Develop-a-Formal-Definition-of-Stupidity/(Photo: Kasey-Samuel Adams)If a man goes out with... ...and Lab and published in the journal Evolutionary Psychology Science. A press release from the university expl...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/11/22/Study-Men-Tend-to-Overeat-in-Front-of-Women-in-Order-to-Impress-Them/(Photo: Steve Hockstein/Harvard Studio/Clay Cockrell)This is Clay Cockrell. He used to work on Wall Street. Now he's a therapist in New York City. He's found a unique specialty: the needs of the very wealthy. The Guardia...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/10/20/Wealth-Therapy-Provides-Counseling-for-the-Rich/The Thinker | Image: KaischingNo matter how intelligent one is, we all are susceptible to glitches in our thought process known as cognitive biases. Psychologists define cognitive bias in the following way:"A cognitive b...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/09/07/The-12-Cognitive-Biases-That-Challenges-Our-Good-Judgment/[https://youtu.be/DhlRgwdDc-E] (YouTube link)People and pop culture latch onto psychological terms and extrapolate them to people they know. Even themselves! Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is one of the more recent psycho...
https://www.neatorama.com/2015/05/22/Debunking-the-Myths-of-OCD/Neuroscientist Dean Burnett once auditioned for a job as host of a show about personality quirks. They asked him if he has any quirks of his own. He felt that if he answered in the negative, they wouldn’t hire him....
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/09/28/Lonely-Potato-Syndrome/(Jung at Heart t-shirt now on sale at the NeatoSho... ...and other electronic devices?A study conducted by psychology professor Timothy Wilson of the University of Vir...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/07/03/Study-Most-Men-Would-Rather-Receive-Electric-Shocks-Than-Sit-Quietly-with-Their-Thoughts/(Image: Lucasfilm)Dr. Nakia Gordon is a professor... ...age: Lucasfilm)Dr. Nakia Gordon is a professor of psychology at Marquette University in Wisconsin. She’s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/05/07/Ask-a-Psychologist-Is-Yodas-Advice-Any-Good/(Photo: zoetnet)The social dynamics of a luxury goods store can be weird. As we noted two months ago, dressing like a slob at a high-end shop impressed salespeople. That's because the employees assumed that only a rich p...
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