Ever heard the phrase “You are what you eat”? In an article written by Maya Dangerfield written for Greatist, she outlines how foods rich in vitamins, minerals, and fatty acids are not only super healthy, but can also increase happiness, lessen symptoms of depression, and quell anxiety. So can eating certain food really improve our…
Read MoreExpressing Anger Leads to Improved Health?
In the US and many Western countries, people are urged to manage “negative” feelings of anger or suffer its ill effects. But new research published in Psychological Science suggests that anger may actually be linked with better, not worse, health in certain cultures. The findings are based off research conducted with participants from the US…
Read MoreFrom Disgust to Deceit
New research, published in Organisational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, suggest feelings of disgust lead to increases in deceitful behavior that would benefit the self. In their first experiment, researchers had participants rate consumer products that are known to elicit a disgust response – such as diapers and diarrhea medicine – or neutral consumer products –…
Read MoreAirport Security and Detecting Deception
A new study recently published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology has confirmed that a new era of airport security screening is upon us. The study conducted by Thomas Ormerod of the University of Sussex and Coral Dando of the University of Wolverhampton, was partially funded by the British government. Two hundred four mock airplane…
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