The Brainspin blog has a list of 'Ten Psychology Studies from 2009 Worth Knowing About' that covers a mix of well-known studies and hidden gems from the last year.The descriptions, as you might expect, are a little brief and give just the punchline without some of the possible drawbacks but all are linked to the original study so you can them in full (well, at least as far as your access allows).
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December 30, 2009
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December 22, 2009
The 12 Psychology Studies of Christmas
On the first day of Christmas PsyBlog sent to me...12 psychology studies about Christmas (and no partridges or pear trees).1. How to have a happy ChristmasWe all want a happy Christmas (or cultural equivalent), but how do we get it? This research into happiness and Christmas suggests that a focus on spending and consumption is [...]» Check out Deepak Chopra's new stress reducing iPhone App
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May 13, 2009
The study of a lifetime
It is not often that articles on psychology studies are described as beautiful, but a piece in The Atlantic on the Harvard Study of Adult Development is quite sublime.The project has followed two groups of men for almost seventy years, tracking physical and emotional health, opinions and attitudes, successes and failures, all in the hope of understanding what makes us happy.It weaves the staccato
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