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Researchers at UCL and Harvard have found that we punish cheats only when they end up better off than us, in a study that challenges the notion that punishment is motivated by revenge. Published today in the journal Biology Letters, the research shows that victims of cheating compare their own payoffs with those of partners when making punishment decisions. "Punishment is a costly behaviour which is often aimed at individuals that cheat during social interactions," said Dr Nichola...
To deliver deeper insight into the emotional impact of TV advertising in emerging markets, including Latin America and Asia Pacific regions, Millward Brown combines their Link™ ad copy evaluation and optimization solution with Affectiva's Affdex™ facial coding technology. New York, NY (PRWEB) July 11, 2012 Millward Brown and Affectiva are pleased to announce that an extension of Millward Brown’s Link™ ad copy evaluation and optimization solution is now available with facial...
What can explain extreme differences in altruism among individuals, from Ebenezer Scrooge to Mother Teresa? It may all come down to variation in the size and activity of a brain region involved in appreciating others' perspectives, according to a study published by Cell Press in the July 12th issue of the journal Neuron. The findings also provide a neural explanation for why altruistic tendencies remain stable over time. "This is the first study to link both brain anatomy and brain...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A new study is now saying that what every teen experiences during their hormone-riddled and turbulent ages isn’t always a case of teenage angst; It could be Intermittent Explosive Disorder, or IED for short. When life and its many challenges prove to be too much for teenagers, it’s easy to fly off the handle in a fit of anger. However, as many youth have reported experiencing “uncontrollable anger” which involved...
John Neumann for redOrbit.com A recent study from UCLA and published in Biology Letters journal, may have unlocked one of the reasons you want to rock and roll all night, and party every day. When in distress, animals force a large amount of air through their voice box very quickly, producing a discordant effect designed to grab the attention and provoke an emotional response in other animals, reports The Telegraph’s Nick Collins. In other words, screaming and yelling gets your...
Mildly stressful situations can affect our perceptions in the same way as life-threatening ones Financial loss can lead to irrational behavior. Now, research by Weizmann Institute scientists reveals that the effects of loss go even deeper: Loss can compromise our early perception and interfere with our grasp of the true situation. The findings, which recently appeared in the Journal of Neuroscience, may also have implications for our understanding of the neurological mechanisms underlying...
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com Sight. Sound. Touch. These are just a few of the senses that the body has. This theme of senses was the subject of a recent study by neuroscientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) who reported a relationship between touch and emotion via the brain’s primary somatosensory cortex. The findings, described in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), were discovered by researchers Valeria Gazzola and...
Scientists have shown that the brains of people with depression respond differently to feelings of guilt – even after their symptoms have subsided. University of Manchester researchers found that the brain scans of people with a history of depression differed in the regions associated with guilt and knowledge of socially acceptable behavior from individuals who never get depressed. The study – published in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry – provides the first evidence of...
Research team at Aalto University and Turku PET Centre has revealed how experiencing strong emotions synchronizes brain activity across individuals. Human emotions are highly contagious. Seeing others’ emotional expressions such as smiles triggers often the corresponding emotional response in the observer. Such synchronization of emotional states across individuals may support social interaction: When all group members share a common emotional state, their brains and bodies process the...
When confronted with adverse situations such as the loss of a loved one, some people never fully recover from the pain. Others, the majority, pull through and experiment how the intensity of negative emotions (e.g. anxiety, depression) grows dimmer with time until they adapt to the new situation. A third group is made up of individuals whose adversities have made them grow personally and whose life takes on new meaning, making them feel stronger than before. Researchers at the Basic...
