We’ve all experienced “gut feelings” but a new study out of Sapienza University supports the idea that these feelings could be tied to physiological changes. Researchers in Rome investigated how emotional states such as disgust and fear could affect acidity levels in the gut. The Methodology Giuseppina Porciello and her team asked 31 men whose…
Read MoreCan Humans Judge Animal Emotions? Yes, to an Extent.
Most people can discern how their pet cat or dog is feeling by just listening to them- happy kitties purr and angry dogs growl. But can this insight be extended to wild animals like a cow or a pig? A new study entitled “Age, empathy, familiarity, domestication and call features enhance human perception of animal…
Read MoreDo You Suffer From Facial Bias aka Face-ism? The Answer is Likely Yes.
Don’t think you’d judge a book by it’s cover? Think again. Past research has shown that adults and children regularly use faces to make judgments about the character traits of others, even with only a brief glance. Now new research supports the idea of facial bias aka face-ism- an extreme tendency to judge people based…
Read MoreDo Babies Have Emotions in the Womb? What The Research Says.
Can a fetus taste and smell in the womb? A study led by Durham University’s Fetal and Neonatal Research Lab and published in the journal Psychological Science provides the first direct evidence that babies react to taste and smell in the womb. The researchers took 4D ultrasound scans of 100 pregnant women to see how…
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