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Eye-catching studies that didn’t make the final cut.

15 February 2012

By Christian Jarrett

Cultural differences in athlete attributions for success and failure: The sports pages revisited.

Jointly, the two studies show an overlap in the content of convicted rapists’ talk and the contents of contemporary lads’ mags … “

American psych textbooks ignore Russian psychologists.

Becoming an expert in the layout of London’s streets (i.e. learning The Knowledge) enlarges the posterior  of the hippocampus.

Home teams still enjoy an advantage even when the stadium is empty.

Learning Words through Listening to Hip-Hop.

Are systemizing and autistic traits related to talent and interest in mathematics and engineering? Testing some of the central claims of the empathizing–systemizing theory.

Insights into psychopathy garnered from brain imaging.

“… our results suggest that self-motion perception and numerical cognition can mutually influence each other.”

50 years of pupillometry in psychology – the measurement of the diameter of the pupil and factors that influence it.

The joy of seeing your football team win lasts longer than the pain caused by seeing them lose.

Why individuals in larger teams perform worse.

Humble people are more helpful.

Small scale study finds generalised benefit of brain training games for the elderly.

You’re more likely to regret making a material purchase (than an experiential purchase), and more likely to regret NOT making an experiential purchase.

People with high status perceive the applause after their performance as louder and more favourable.

EEG of a man’s brain whilst he met with imaginary friends.