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Has anyone formally tested Josh Pellicer's theory on human sexual behavior?
I read Josh Pellicer's book titled "Tao of Badass." He discusses the sexual behavior of men and women and how they interact during the dating process. However, I have been unable to find any information if his research is legitimate, tested, and…
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PTSD based on false memories
Memory is not just static snapshots or video on a harddrive, but an active process. As such, it is possible to construct false memories (Brainerd & Reyna, 2005). Some of these false memories can be very traumatic (Loftus, 1996).
There is a lot of…
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Do only humans spend a lot of time daydreaming (or having "stimulus-independent thoughts")?
A paper
Killingsworth et al., A Wandering Mind Is an Unhappy Mind, Science 12 November 2010: 932 (or a free pdf) starts with the following statement:
Unlike other animals, human beings spend
a lot of time thinking about what is not
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Why are some people unable to easily memorize the lyrics to a song?
Although I have listened some songs hundred of times I can't sing the lyrics to any of these songs from beginning to end without pauses. However I am able to whistle the whole song without difficulty.
It seems other people are complaining about…
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Body Language: Why do we give each other the grumpy/frowning fake smile?
I've recently become aware of this - I kinda knew I was always doing it, but just now it got me self conscious and thinking about it:
When crossing paths with a stranger, you are supposed to be friendly and smile at them, acknowledge them through a…
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Difference between Instinct and Intuition
Sometimes I've heard people using the term gut feeling rather than their 'intuition or instinct' and I'm not sure which one do they mean. So, can both the terms be used interchangeably and simply referred to as a 'gut feeling'? Is there a real…
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Software for online psychological experiments that don't require users to download anything
We are currently using Inquisit to conduct Internet experiments.
Ideally, we would like to implement something that is strictly browser-based, without any extra plug-ins or downloads. We also require reaction time measurements.
Is there anything…
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What is the difference between a psychopath and sociopath?
The Internet is of course full of memes from Sherlock Holmes show, based on one of the episodes having Sherlock self-diagnose:
I'm not a psychopath, I'm a highly functioning sociopath
But what exactly is the difference?
Wikipedia does not actually…
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Why do some days feel fast and others feel slow?
As per the title, why is it some days it just feels like a day can go so fast, yet other days can feel slow? Every day has the same amount of hours, minutes and seconds after all. What is the actual science behind our state of mind when we feel like…
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Which equation is Ebbinghaus's forgetting curve and what do the constants represent?
First off, I've come across two different forgetting curve equations.
$$R = e^{-\large \frac{t}{s}}$$ where $R$ is retention, $t$ is time and $s$ is strength can be found on Wikipedia. And $$b = \frac{100k}{c\log(t) +k}$$ where $b$ is retention,…
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Is abstract knowledge incompatible with literal memorization?
Let me describe 2 interesting cases :
Solomon Shereshevsky (Luria, 1968) had an almost perfect literal memory. He remembers strings of hundreds of digits for years after only having read them once. I would like to explain this by his awesome…
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How effective is court imposed therapy compared to self-initiated therapy?
People are frequently court ordered to some form of therapy, whether it be in the form of a course, group therapy or individual therapy.
Some examples being; road rage, anger management, drunk driving, parenting.
As one would consider, much of the…
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Where to post online psychology studies for participant recruitment?
A common challenge when running psychological studies is getting enough participants.
Of course, there are many general strategies for recruiting participants, but I was specifically interested in forums and web pages that are specifically designed…
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Do animals that sleep during the day have a different sleep architecture than those who sleep at night?
A typical hypnogram, delineating the sleep architecture for a (human) mammal looks like
A distinct distribution of non-REM and REM sleep can be observed.
Is this pattern of sleep cycles particular to that of diurnal mammals, and if so, how would…
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Is it possible to improve reading speed and visual comprehension by doing exercises?
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I'm trying to capture detailed information from the images in my visual memory, mainly text. My daily life requires reading many documents on varying topics. I want to increase my reading speed and comprehension so that I can see text…
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