Category: Psychology
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Fear experiment on a 9-month baby. Science. Ethics. Humanity.
You'll have heard of Pavlov's dogs, conditioned to expect food at the sound of a bell. You might not have heard that a scarier experiment – arguably one of psychology's most unethical – was once performed on a baby. In it, a 9-month-old, at first unfazed by the presence of animals, was conditioned to feel…
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Psychology, ADHD, genes, dogmatism.
Psychologists have made a brain-related discovery that could revolutionize doctors' perception and treatment of attention-deficit disorders (ADHD). This discovery opens up the possibility that environmental and/or genetic factors may hinder or suppress a specific brain activity that the researchers have identified as helping us prevent distraction. (1) Free will sacrificed for the sake of gene-based…
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"Normal" people. Beating the psychopath test.
Can you cheat a psychopath test? (1) People do it every day. How many times have you done something while thinking you should do exactly the opposite? It is more common than you may think. (2) Do not be surprised if you found out that the only main difference between psychopaths in asylums and people…
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