Tag: psychology
Can you lie to children? – Knowledge
Anyone who wants to maneuver small children smoothly through the day quickly finds themselves lying. Will you pick me up from kindergarten early today? Yes, sure, but finally put your…
Praise for criticism. When people rethink their self-image – knowledge
Anyone who receives positive feedback is hardly willing to adapt their self-image to reality. If there are complaints, things look a little different. There is a gap in people’s lives.…
Sad people are more likely to act morally than people in a good mood – knowledge
A state of mild depression also reduces the likelihood of behaving selfishly, social scientists report. About positive side effects of sadness. The sentence also haunts the realm of empty phrases:…
One in four young people spends too much time on social media – Health
From Celine Chorus Without social media, many people would have felt quite lonely in times of lockdown and social distancing. During the Corona pandemic, however, they have apparently become so…
Drug addiction in families: "Mom, I messed up"
On the day the Bundestag allows smoking weed, parents of drug-addicted children meet in a self-help group in Ingolstadt. It’s about feelings of guilt, fear of death and the horror…
Munich Economic Debates: What you can learn from the past with AI – Economics
The reason people talk about “artificial intelligence” today is simple: marketing. Computer and cognitive scientist John McCarthy created the term “because we had to do something when we were trying…
Brain research: Adults can concentrate better than 30 years ago – knowledge
Contrary to what is often claimed, a large study shows that children have not become more erratic on average due to the Internet and social media. So everything is OK?…
Brain research: Adults can concentrate better than 30 years ago – knowledge
Contrary to what is often claimed, a large study shows that children have not become more erratic on average due to the Internet and social media. So everything is OK?…
Errors in science: "This is not intended to be a pillory"
Scientists want to reward reviewers when they prove researchers have made errors in scientific papers. Co-initiator Malte Elson explains why he thinks this is necessary. source site
Sociology: The Great Divide? Political attitudes differ between the genders
On average, women stand a little further to the left and men a little further to the right. But is this phenomenon really deepening into a deep divide, as some…