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New research in Psychological Science

Be the first to read this innovative research in the May issue of the journal Psychological Science, published by the Association for Psychological Science. Here is a list of the research reports and their abstracts.

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1. Lip-read me now, hear me better later
   04-12-2007 · EurekAlert!
   As reported in the May issue of Psychological Science, new research shows that experience seeing a person's face enhances ability to hear them.
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2. Seeing colors -- New study sheds light on sensory system quirk
   07-24-2007 · EurekAlert!
   In the psychological phenomenon known as "synesthesia," individuals' sensory systems are a bit more intertwined than usual. Some people, for example, report seeing colors when musical notes are played. New research appearing in the journal Psychological Science tests how real these claims are.
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3. How do I love me? New study presents a twist on the conventional narcissist
   02-27-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Conventional wisdom suggests that narcissists have negative self views which are masked by their grandiose self-concept. However, new research in Psychological Science shows that narcissists actually view themselves the same on the outside as on the inside.
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4. Survivors of organized violence often left with traumatic memories
   10-26-2006 · EurekAlert!
   A series of studies, conducted by a psychotraumatology research group headed by Thomas Elbert in collaboration with Penn State psychologist William Ray, has examined a group of people who have been exposed to different magnitudes of torture and found the appearance of dissociation -- mental separation from the incident -- long after the event. The research is published in the latest issue of Psychological Science.
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5. The unexpected consensus among voting methods
   07-30-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Voting methods have courted controversy in both popular and scientific debate. But new research published in Psychological Science suggests that there may be more similarities than differences among voting procedures.
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6. New study is first to link romantic relationships to genes
   01-29-2007 · EurekAlert!
   New research suggests that choosing a mate may be partially determined by your genes. A study published in Psychological Science has found a link between a set of genes involved with immune function and partner selection in humans.
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7. More research needed to involve families in psychosocial interventions
   04-30-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Family-oriented psychosocial interventions seem to be beneficial in improving the mental and physical well-being of both patients with chronic illness and their family members, but the results aren’t as robust as researchers had hoped. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh say more research is needed to improve such interventions in a study published in the April issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science.
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8. Brain shows humans break down events into smaller units
   05-01-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Humans breakdown activities into smaller, more digestible chunks, a phenomenon that psychologists describe as "event structure perception." Event structure perception was originally believed to be confined to our visual system, but new research published in the May issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reports that a similar process occurs when reading about everyday events as well.
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9. The science of collective decision-making
   09-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Why do some juries take weeks to reach a verdict, while others take just hours? How do judges pick the perfect beauty queen from a sea of very similar candidates? We have all wondered exactly why we did not win a certain award. Now, new psychological research explains how groups come to a collective decision.
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10. New study shows that infants have 'mind-reading' capability
    08-03-2007 · EurekAlert!
    One of the unique characteristics of humans that distinguish us from the animal kingdom is the ability to represent others' beliefs in our own minds. New research published in the July issue of Psychological Science suggests that this ability develops at very young age.
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