Having seen too much daytime television over the Easter Holidays, I began to wonder whether people actually try harder when the winning stakes are higher. Would you put more effort into winning 100,000 on a television game show or beating your brother at monopoly? Lesson to be learnt trust Psychology students more than Economics students! The Economic Journal, 115,.

At some time in our lives, we have all experienced a situation where we have yawned whilst seeing another person yawn. It is very possible that whilst reading this blog you will experience this several times, but hopefully it is just because you are reading about yawning. Physiology and Behavior, 95. Cognitive Brain Research, 17.

Is creativity related to psychopathology? There appears to be a fair amount of anecdotal evidence that suggests that manic depression and clinical depression exist in many creative people, e. poets, artists, performers etc. For instance, Isaac Newton suffered many nervous breakdowns later put down to bi-polar disorder and Beethoven had also suffered with bi-polar disorder. However, is there actually any empirical evidence which can link these traits? Post, F.

It was observed that the winkte gender was more creative and took on the role of looking after the children, it was considered lucky to be a winkte. Evaluation of the Biological Model of Addiction. The biological model can su.

How secrets can weigh us down. Does energy expenditure affect the perception of egocentric distance? A failure to replicate experiment 1 on Proffitt, Stefanucci, Banton and Epstein. Spanish Journal of Psychology, 9. The role of effort in perceiving distance.

This reasoning seems flawed given the use of dubstep music in the music condition, which is characteristically bass-heavy and like most other music genres, features a wide spectrum of high and low frequencies.

The recent news coverage of the Anders Breivik trial has once again brought to focus the issues and misconceptions related to mental illness. However, these classifications do not necessarily address the nature of each c.

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In my opinion anorexia has a number of plausible reasons as to why it occurs and we cannot pinpoint one explanation. Instead I believe the disease should be considered from a psychosocial view point. In my opinion anorexia has a number of plausible reasons as to why it occurs and we cannot pinpoint one explanation. Instead I believe the disease should be considered from a psychosocial view point. Reconstructive memory and the effects of Eye Witness Testimony.