Can being happy make you less able to resist temptation?
We investigate the interfering influence of elevated arousal on the impact of positive mood on resistance to temptation. Three studies demonstrate that when a temptation activates long‐term health goals, baseline…
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Think you have good self-control? Yes? Now you don’t.
Four studies examined how impulse-control beliefs—beliefs regarding one's ability to regulate visceral impulses, such as hunger, drug craving, and sexual arousal—influence the self-control process. The findings provide evidence for a…
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If your neighbor gets a new car, do you buy a new car?
Each week, the Dutch Postcode Lottery (PCL) randomly selects a postal code, and distributes cash and a new BMW to lottery participants in that code. We study the effects of…
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Your Phone Distracts You So Much You Won’t Notice Unicycling Clowns
I don't do the studies, I just post them, folks: We investigated the effects of divided attention during walking. Individuals were classified based on whether they were walking while talking…
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Is an attractive person touching an item enough to make you want to buy it?
This research examines the impact of attractiveness on consumers during a consumption experience. Specifically, it examines the effects of an attractive social influence in the context of touching and contamination…
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Here’s What Makes A Good Gift, According To Research
If you're trying to apologize to someone, expensive gifts work: The present study examined a costly signaling model of human apology. The model assumes that an unintentional transgressor is more…
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How to easily increase your persistence in just one second:
Cross your arms: Two experiments investigated the hypothesis that arm crossing serves as a proprioceptive cue for perseverance within achievement settings. Experiment 1 found that inducing participants to cross their…
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Can personalities be judged by physical appearance alone?
Via Eurekalert: Observers were able to accurately judge some aspects of a stranger's personality from looking at photographs, according to a study in the current issue of Personality and Social…
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