Several people have asked us to comment on a recently published and publicized study entitled “Body Cues, Not Facial Expressions, Discriminate Between Intense Positive and Negative Emotions” by Hillel Aviezer, et al. The Paradigm The paradigm used in Aviezer’s research involved judgments of emotion when viewing stimuli that combined different emotional reactions in different parts…
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As it moves beyond a focus on disease, What can Modern Psychology Help Us to Become? For more than 60 years, psychology worked within the focus area of the disease model. That is, it was about finding out what was wrong with someone. During that time, the disorders addressed within psychology were not treatable; however, …
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New research published in Biological Psychiatry from Dr. Anthony Ruocco and his colleagues, at the University of Toronto, shows a detailed outline of the patterns of brain activity which may underlie the intense and unstable emotional experiences associated with the diagnosis of borderline personality. Science Daily reports on the researchers findings. They describe two critical…
Read MoreBody Language Shapes Who You ARE: Amy Cuddy, TED Talks
Body language affects how others see us, but can it also change how we see ourselves? Social psychologist Amy Cuddy shares an easy way that anyone can change not only others’ perceptions of them, but the way they feel about themselves . In her 20 minute TED talks, Cuddy points out that, “Tiny tweaks can…
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