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Psychology of Sympathizing with Death
Why do we sympathize in general when we see something or someone dying even if we personally don't know it/them?
Is there any species other than humans which sympathize with the death of its own species?
Is there any species other than humans which…
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Is art therapy really effective?
I read the whole Wikipedia article. But I still have doubts. Is art therapy effective? If so, in which ways has it been studied?
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What is the relation between fun and motivation? Are they the same?
Are 'having fun in doing something' and 'being motivated to do something' the same thing?
If not, how are fun and motivation related? Is there any formal definition on this? Would it be possible to be motivated to do something without having fun in…
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"Need" vs "Want" in psychology
In marketing the terms needs and wants are usually used to refer to different concepts. It is not clear to me what exactly they mean.
In psychology what are the definitions for needs and wants? What is the difference between them?
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How do people that can't perceive 3D view a stereoscopic 3D image or movie?
According to Mendiburu (2009), 3-15% of the people can't view a stereoscopic 3D image or movie, mostly due to poor binocular vision.
Imagine one of those is in the movie theater, trying to watch a 3D movie. How would this movie appear to this…
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What cognitively interesting event-related potentials at FP1, FP2, TP9 or TP10 can be measured with consumer-grade EEG hardware?
I'm looking for cognitively interesting event-related potentials at places like FP1, FP2, TP9 or TP10 that can be measured with consumer-grade EEG hardware. Right now I have an Interaxon Muse EEG and want to see how effective it can be for capturing…
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Relationship between oculometry/pupillometry and disorders of consciousness
I recently got to wondering whether certain eye movements or pupillary responses were correlated with disorders of consciousness (coma, VS, MCS, or even locked-in syndrome). I know that the pupillary response to a direct light-source is part of the…
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Which is the shortest duration for a pitch difference in audio signals to be perceived by the human auditory system?
If I have two short audio signals, for example pure tone C4 and C#4, so half-tone difference, how short can they be that the human can hear the difference in pitch? Was there any blind-experiment/research with a good set of subjects done about…
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Has there been a neuroscientific explanation of the color phi phenomenon?
The color phi phenomenon is a perceptual illusion in the visual domain which was demonstrated in an experiment by Kolers and von Grunau (1976). The experiment is as follows. A sequence of coloured (usually red and green) dots is presented in a way…
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Is there a name for reading things how you meant to write them?
I'm sure many of us have this experience:
When I'm proofreading my own writing I will pass over it multiple times, but miss mistakes since I read what I intended to write (what's "in my head") and not what is actually on the page.
Is there a name…
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Does meditation improve working memory more than exercise?
I have noticed that I feel much more mentally sharp after doing an hour of moderate exercise in the morning. On the contrary, when I meditate, I feel no such difference in my mental alertness. Isn't meditation supposed to improve working memory?
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What is the neurobiological basis of the "inner voice" used for thought or reading?
I've recently experienced a number of hypnogogic near sleep states characterized by change in thinking (stage 1-2 sleep). I noticed that if I let go and get absorbed in the state, I can follow it.
I can describe the hypnogogic sensation as a feeling…
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What is the correlation between the development of the sense of self and the senses?
Children develop different senses of self at a couple of different ages. Normally developing children pass the 'Sally-Anne' test at about 4 years of age and the 'Mirror test' at around 18 months. My question refers to these cognitive tests and the…
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Dynamical systems theory as a metaphor in psychology: is it useful or not?
Dynamical systems theory as it is used in the context of developmental psychology, and by some psychoanalysts as in this article or in this video by the first speaker can be described as an attempt to introduce mathematical concepts in the study of…
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Do Kahneman–Tversky results hold for longer periods and aggregate behavior?
Kahneman and Tversky (1979) show findings that can be summarized in this plot:
They show that humans dislike losses "more" than they like comparable nominal gains. The results come from a series of brief experiments.
Can these results be valid in…
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