Tag: BritishPsychologicalSociety

Occupational psychology

Don’t like going to the gym? It could be your personality

Don’t like going to the gym? It could be your personality

vneo Jan 10, 2018 0 3674

Helping staff development through exercise choices.

Depression

Social connection most likely to counter depression, out of 100 modifiable factors.

Social connection most likely to counter depression, out...

vneo Aug 14, 2020 0 5980

Researchers identify key factors for depression among more than 100.

Physical characteristics

Faces appear more dominant when the head is tilted down

Faces appear more dominant when the head is tilted down

vneo Jun 13, 2019 0 4819

The dominance effect is produced by the V-shaped angle of the eyebrows.

Nature

The key dose of nature that promotes health

The key dose of nature that promotes health

vneo Jun 10, 2019 0 3682

Spending two hours per week in nature is the threshold for promoting health and...

Birth order

Impacts of birth order

Impacts of birth order

vneo Sep 1, 2018 0 4077

Later born children are more likely to be self employed than first borns.

Goals

Revealing goals

Revealing goals

vneo Sep 3, 2019 0 4147

You should only tell higher-status people about your ambitions.

Stress and anxiety

Breathing techniques help to improve students' mental health.

Breathing techniques help to improve students' mental health.

vneo Jul 27, 2020 0 5806

Elements of well-being improve through stress and anxiety exercises.

Physical characteristics

Body shapes and personality

Body shapes and personality

vneo Nov 4, 2018 1 5694

A variety of personality traits are inferred from body appearance, and first impressions...

Depression

Dark chocolate beats depression

Dark chocolate beats depression

vneo Aug 2, 2019 0 5340

Dark chocolate positively affects mood and relieves depressive symptoms.

Cats

What your favorite cat says about your personality

What your favorite cat says about your personality

vneo Apr 11, 2018 0 3657

There is a style of cat for everyone.

Child psychology

The marshmallow test revisited

The marshmallow test revisited

vneo Sep 9, 2020 0 5277

Children may care more about what authority figures think of them then what was...