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Need participants? Looking for constructive criticism? In addition to the weekly discussion thread, the mods have instituted this thread for a surveys.

General submission rules are suspended in this thread, but all top-level comments must link to a survey and follow the formatting rules outlined below. Removal of content is still at the discretion of the moderators. Reddiquette applies. Personal attacks, racism, sexism, etc. will be removed. Repeated violations may result in a ban. This thread will occasionally be refreshed.

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r/psychology • u/dingenium • 6d ago

Weekly Discussion Thread Weekly Discussion Thread

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Welcome to the r/psychology discussion thread!

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 1h ago

Smart women at work get treated worse by their own teammates. In two studies (432 students, 394 office workers), women who scored higher on intelligence tests were seen as more hostile, got less help and faced more mistreatment. Smart men didn't face this, and in one group were even treated better.

psypost.org

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 10h ago

Having health insurance in America doesn't mean you can actually use it. Researchers posing as patients called 5,822 in-network mental health providers: most calls hit voicemails, over half the listings were wrong, and just 24% of real calls ended with an appointment.

news.osu.edu

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r/psychology • u/Michaelarobards • 3h ago

The best liars aren't lying, they believe it. Evolutionary research suggests self-deception exists to make deceiving others easier. The new Elizabeth Holmes doc is a case study.

cambridge.org

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The new Nathan Fielder / Lance Oppenheim documentary You Can See Everything (spoilers ahead) has a premise that sounds like a lie-detection experiment. Elizabeth Holmes gives a skeptical filmmaker total access for the 34 days before she reports to prison. Fielder moves into her guest house, films nearly everything, and openly says he thinks she committed fraud.

It doesn't settle anything. Holmes insists she has never tried to deceive anyone. Fielder later learns her partner negotiated a financial stake in the film, which she says she didn't know about. He spends the second half of the movie stuck on whether she believes she's innocent. By the end, he's openly sympathetic toward her.

There's a well-known evolutionary theory for why this happens. Von Hippel and Trivers (2011) argue that self-deception evolved to make deceiving others easier. A person who believes their own story doesn't show the signs we associate with lying, such as hesitation, mental strain, or inconsistency. They also face less punishment if caught, because they can't be accused of knowing.

That makes "you can see everything" a trap. More footage can't reveal intent that may not consciously exist.

This is a theory paper, and the open peer commentary pushed back on it. Some commentators argued self-deception may have evolved for its own benefits rather than to fool others. Still, it's a useful frame for why con artists can pass interviews and fool people who know them well, and why the film's question may not have an answer.

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 14h ago

Researchers analysed the lyrics of more than 38,000 songs and found that popular music is steadily losing its emotional depth. Lyrics now talk less about feelings and connecting with other people, while words linked to anxiety and stress are showing up more and more often in the songs we hear today.

msutoday.msu.edu

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r/psychology • u/Tricky-Breakfast-604 • 12h ago

Scientists discover how deep sleep builds muscle, burns fat, and boosts the brain Scientists have uncovered a hidden brain circuit linking deep sleep, growth hormone, and wakefulness, revealing why a good night's sleep is essential for both body and brain health.

sciencedaily.com

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r/psychology • u/FreeHugs23 • 9h ago

Researchers Suggest That Lower Muscle Strength May Serve as a Potential Early Indicator of Future Depression Risk, Highlighting a Possible Connection Between Physical Health and Long-Term Mental Well-Being.

psypost.org

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r/psychology • u/Dorian182 • 1h ago

Meeting-science research suggests attentive listening and silent brainstorming can improve workplace meetings

knowablemagazine.org

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r/psychology • u/Dorian182 • 11h ago

Stop making sense: focus on sounds to help learn a language, study suggests

theguardian.com

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r/psychology • u/Dorian182 • 4h ago

Strong food preferences may help explain why changing eating habits is hard

medicalxpress.com

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r/psychology • u/Dorian182 • 13h ago

Tiny brain structure anticipates what we are about to see or feel, study finds

medicalxpress.com

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r/psychology • u/Dorian182 • 1d ago

When schools fail to act, weight-based bullying can continue

phys.org

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r/psychology • u/Dorian182 • 12h ago

How animal identifiability affects children’s food choices

phys.org

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r/psychology • u/Dorian182 • 1d ago

Judging strangers' preferences may actually be easier when they're less like our own

phys.org

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 2d ago

A study of over 12,000 Norwegian families found that by age eight, a child’s ADHD traits come mainly from their own genes, not from how their parents’ genes shape the home. Researchers found no firm evidence that parenting style or the home environment tied to parents’ DNA drives ADHD in their kids.

psypost.org

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r/psychology • u/Tricky-Breakfast-604 • 1d ago

Role of problematic use of social networks and self-consciousness in the association between adverse childhood experiences and well-being among young Indian adults

nature.com

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r/psychology • u/somethingicanspell • 2d ago

The Development of the ICD-11 Classification of Personality Disorders: An Amalgam of Science, Pragmatism, and Politics

annualreviews.org

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Interesting article about the ICD-11s decision to move to a dimensional vs categorical system for personality disorders.

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r/psychology • u/RyanBleazard • 3d ago

International Consensus Statement on ADHD: Exercise has no significant effect on ADHD symptoms after adjusting for confounders and publication bias, but significantly reduces anxiety and depression.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

New Study Finds Gendered Messaging Can Backfire: Messages that reference gender when highlighting women's success in an activity actually made kids and adults of both genders see girls and women as less capable, and also made everyone less interested in trying the activity themselves.

nyu.edu

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

In richer, more gender-equal countries, boys value hard work at school less than girls, and fewer go to university, except in STEM, where male numbers hold steady. New study of 750,000 teens in 61 countries links the gap to stereotypes that effort is 'for girls' while talent is 'for boys'.

academic.oup.com

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

University students say procrastination is biggest threat to their academic performance. More than half of US students surveyed said the problem damaged their ability to do academic work, study finds.

theguardian.com

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

Americans interpret major political events through a deeply polarized lens. Republicans prioritize social order/ conformity and view protests that disrupt social order as threatening. Democrats place higher value on individual rights/ inclusion and view protests by marginalized groups as necessary.

psypost.org

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

People who favor group-based inequality tend to have less gray matter in an empathy-linked brain region

psypost.org

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

The stronger the evidence, the weaker the link between prenatal acetaminophen and autism or ADHD. Earlier reviews had reported small increases in risk, but these associations shrank when the researchers focused on the highest-quality evidence, though small associations remained in some analyses.

psypost.org

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