Psychology

Comparison with neighbors can increase climate-friendly behavior

International meta-analysis synthesises data from 79 studies. Social comparisons are increasingly employed as an intervention strategy and have proven effective in changing one's behaviour, also with regard to adopting a more environmentally conscious lifestyle.

Life Sciences - Psychology - May 15

Language connection discovered in chimpanzee brains

The architecture for complex communication already existed in the common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees.

Psychology - Media - Apr 16

Frequent sex is a factor for high relationship satisfaction

" Can a marriage without sex be a happy one? " asked an article in the New York Times Magazine last year.

Life Sciences - Psychology - May 12

First evidence of mother-offspring attachment types in wild chimpanzees

To the point. Mother-offspring attachment in the wild: Wild chimpanzees develop secure or insecure-avoidant attachments to their mothers, but not disorganised attachments, suggesting that it is not a viable survival strategy in the wild.

Psychology - Apr 2

Once a Liar, always a Liar?

Max Planck researcher Isabel Thielmann finds that dishonest behavior is consistent. In brief. New study shows: People who have lied once are likely to lie again in similar situations.

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