Refer to the research of Rimé et al, _Social Sharing of Emotion (see references) who have found people talk about troubling topics like emotions a lot. Some suggest this is an indicator that talking will clarify your understanding.
I've heard that keeping a journal can also be helpful for sorting out and expanding on emotions. This is assuredly related. More often it's framed from the perspective of getting things out rather than working them out.
This could be useful research to read.
Kaplan, J., Vaccaro, A., Henning, M., & Christov-Moore, L. (2021). Moral reframing of messages about mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gfa5r
Inasaridze, K. (2021). Psychological health and physical activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/f7wzd
APS Global Collaboration on COVID-19 – Association for Psychological Science – APS. (n.d.). Retrieved July 2, 2021, from https://www.psychologicalscience.org/covid-initiative
Inasaridze, K. (2021). Mental correlates of post-COVID syndrome. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/38c7u
Soderberg, C. K., Errington, T. M., Schiavone, S. R., Bottesini, J., Thorn, F. S., Vazire, S., Esterling, K. M., & Nosek, B. A. (2021). Initial evidence of research quality of registered reports compared with the standard publishing model. Nature Human Behaviour, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01142-4
After restriction: Why the public can only fulfill its responsibilities if the government fulfills theirs—The BMJ. (n.d.). Retrieved June 30, 2021, from https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/06/29/after-restriction-why-the-public-can-only-fulfill-its-responsibilities-if-the-government-fulfills-theirs/?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=socialnetwork
Gronfeldt, B., Cichocka, A., Cislak, A., Sternisko, A., & Irem. (2021). A Small Price to Pay: National Narcissism Predicts Readiness to Sacrifice In-group Members to Defend the In-group’s Image [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7fmrx
Using behavioural science could give vital boost to vaccination uptake, say psychologists | BPS. (n.d.). Retrieved 27 June 2021, from https://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-policy/using-behavioural-science-could-give-vital-boost-vaccination-uptake-say
Drury, J., Mao, G., John, A., Kamal, A., Rubin, G. J., Stott, C., Vandrevala, T., & Marteau, T. M. (2021). Behavioural responses to Covid-19 health certification: A rapid review [Preprint]. Public and Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.07.21255072
Laukkonen, R., Kaveladze, B., Protzko, J., Tangen, J. M., von Hippel, B., & Schooler, J. (2021). The ring of truth: Irrelevant insights make worldviews seem true [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/zq3vd
van Lange, P., & Rand, D. G. (2021). Human Cooperation and the Crises of Climate Change, COVID-19, and Misinformation [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6tpa8
Antico, L., & Corradi-Dell’Acqua, C. (2021). Far from the eyes, far from the heart. COVID-19 confinement dampened sensitivity to painful facial features. [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ewvp7
Henderson, E. L., Simons, D. J., & Barr, D. J. (2021). The Trajectory of Truth: A Longitudinal Study of the Illusory Truth Effect. Journal of Cognition, 4(1), 29. https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.161
Imperial College London. (2021, February). Covid-19: Global attitudes towards a COVID-19 vaccine. https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/institute-of-global-health-innovation/EMBARGOED-0502.-Feb-21-GlobalVaccineInsights_ICL-YouGov-Covid-19-Behaviour-Tracker_20210301.pdf
Woolf, K., McManus, I. C., Martin, C. A., Nellums, L. B., Guyatt, A. L., Melbourne, C., Bryant, L., Gogoi, M., Wobi, F., Al-Oraibi, A., Hassan, O., Gupta, A., John, C., Tobin, M. D., Carr, S., Simpson, S., Gregary, B., Aujayeb, A., Zingwe, S., … Pareek, M. (2021). Ethnic differences in SARS-CoV-2 vaccine hesitancy in United Kingdom healthcare workers: Results from the UK-REACH prospective nationwide cohort study [Preprint]. Public and Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.04.26.21255788
Partisan, cultural, and regional identities tend to shape religious identities.
How?
Why?
Burton, J. W., Cruz, N., & Hahn, U. (2021). Reconsidering evidence of moral contagion in online social networks. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01133-5
Evidenzbasierte / evidenzinformierteGesundheitskommunikation (1. Auflage). (2018). Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845291963
Tay, L. Q., Hurlstone, M. J., Kurz, T., & Ecker, U. K. H. (2021). A Comparison of Prebunking and Debunking Interventions for Implied versus Explicit Misinformation [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/48zqn
Hammerstein, S., König, C., Dreisoerner, T., & Frey, A. (2021). Effects of COVID-19-Related School Closures on Student Achievement—A Systematic Review [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mcnvk
For instance, when someone is not confident in what they are saying or know that they are lying, they may take a step backwards as if stepping back from the situation.
Example of micro expression to detect a lie
People with ADHD are highly sensitive to micro expressions.
There are seven expressions that are universal to all humans no matter which country they are born: anger, fear, disgust, sadness, happiness, surprise, and contempt.
7 universal expressions
A macro expression is the normal facial expression you notice that lasts between ½ a second to 4 seconds. These are fairly easy to notice and tend to match the tone and content of what is being said.A micro expression is an involuntary facial expressions that lasts less than half a second. These expressions are often missed altogether but they reveal someones true feelings about what they are saying.
Macro vs micro expressions
Agarwal, A. (2021). Adjusting the Drafter for COVID19: Re-designing our society’s understanding of misinformation. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ugk5v
Agarwal, A. (2021). The Accidental Checkmate: Understanding the Intent behind sharing Misinformation on Social Media. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/kwu58
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Hazell, C. M., Niven, J., Chapman, L., Roberts, P., Cartwright-Hatton, S., Valeix, S., & Berry, C. (2021). Nationwide assessment of the mental health of UK Doctoral Researchers [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/cs73g
Alper, S. (2021). When Conspiracy Theories Make Sense: The Role of Social Inclusiveness. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/2umfe
Zhou, X., Nguyen-Feng, V. N., Wamser-Nanney, R., & Lotzin, A. (2021). Racism, Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms, and Racial Disparity in the U.S. COVID-19 Syndemic [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/rc2ns
Stuart, A., Katz, D., Stevenson, C., Gooch, D., Harkin, L., Bennasar, M., Sanderson, L., Liddle, J., Bennaceur, A., Levine, M., Mehta, V., Wijesundara, A., Talbot, C. V., Bandara, A., Price, B., & Nuseibeh, B. (2021). Loneliness in Older People and COVID-19: Applying the Social Identity Approach to Digital Intervention Design [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qk9hb
triangle de Karpman
People might think I’m not experiencing new things, but I think the secret to a good life is to enjoy your work. I could never stay indoors and watch TV. I hear London is a place best avoided. I think living in a city would be terrible – people living on top of one another in great tower blocks. I could never do it. Walking around the farm fills me with wonder. What makes my life is working outside, only going in if the weather is very bad.
How farmers perceive happiness in life
Opinion | Our Pathetic Herd Immunity Failure—The New York Times. (n.d.). Retrieved May 7, 2021, from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/opinion/herd-immunity-us.html
Cohen, S. (2020). Psychosocial Vulnerabilities to Upper Respiratory Infectious Illness: Implications for Susceptibility to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Perspectives on Psychological Science, 1745691620942516. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745691620942516
Brewer, N. T., DeFrank, J. T., & Gilkey, M. B. (2016). Anticipated Regret and Health Behavior: A Meta-Analysis. Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 35(11), 1264–1275. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000294
Daly, M., & Robinson, E. (2020). Psychological distress and adaptation to the COVID-19 crisis in the United States [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/79f5v
Leblanc-Sirois, Y., Gagnon, M.-È., & Blanchette, I. (2020). Emotions, reasoning, and mental health as predictors of behavior during three phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/2p39h
O’Connor, D. B., Aggleton, J. P., Chakrabarti, B., Cooper, C. L., Creswell, C., Dunsmuir, S., Fiske, S. T., Gathercole, S., Gough, B., Ireland, J. L., Jones, M. V., Jowett, A., Kagan, C., Karanika‐Murray, M., Kaye, L. K., Kumari, V., Lewandowsky, S., Lightman, S., Malpass, D., … Armitage, C. J. (2020). Research priorities for the COVID‐19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science. British Journal of Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjop.12468
O’Connor, A. M., & Evans, A. D. (2020). Dishonesty during a pandemic: The concealment of COVID-19 information: Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320951603
Anderson-Carpenter, K. D., & Neal, Z. (2020). Racial disparities in COVID-19 impacts in Michigan, USA [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/v2jda
Masuyama, A., Shinkawa, H., & kubo, takahiro. (2020). Development and validation of the Japanese version Fear of COVID-19 Scale among adolescents. [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jkmut
Meyer, M., Gjorgjieva, T., & Rosica, D. (2020). Healthcare worker intentions to receive a COVID-19 vaccine and reasons for hesitancy: A survey of 16,158 health system employees on the eve of vaccine distribution. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ge6uh
Franceschini, C., Musetti, A., Zenesini, C., Palagini, L., Pelosi, A., Quattropani, M. C., Lenzo, V., Freda, M. F., Lemmo, D., Vegni, E., Borghi, L., Saita, E., Cattivelli, R., De Gennaro, L., Plazzi, G., Riemann, D., & Castelnuovo, G. (2020). Poor quality of sleep and its consequences on mental health during COVID-19 lockdown in Italy [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ah6j3
Hisler, G., & Twenge, J. (2020). Sleep health in U.S. adults before and during the COVID-19 pandemic [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/bzqhd
van Mulukom, V., Muzzulini, B., Rutjens, B. T., Van Lissa, C. J., & Farias, M. (2020). Psychological Impact of COVID-19 lockdown_PREPRINT [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fjxze
Lee, S. J., Ward, K. P., Lee, J. Y., & Rodriguez, C. (2020). Parental Social Isolation and Child Maltreatment Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/2wfgr
Carbon, C. C. (2020). Wearing face masks strongly confuses counterparts in reading emotions [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/x3uh6
Greene, C., & Murphy, G. (2020). Can fake news really change behaviour? Evidence from a study of COVID-19 misinformation. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/qfnm3
Tutnjević, S., & Lakić, S. (2020). Psychological impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on pregnant women in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/su3nv
Tuncgenc, B., El Zein, M., Sulik, J., Newson, M., Zhao, Y., Dezecache, G., & Deroy, O. (2020). We distance most when we believe our social circle does [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/u74wc
Barrick, E., Thornton, M. A., & Tamir, D. (2020). Mask exposure during COVID-19 changes emotional face processing. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/yjfg3
Planchuelo-Gómez, Á., Odriozola-González, P., Irurtia-Muñiz, M. J., & de Luis-García, R. (2020). Longitudinal evaluation of the psychological impact of the COVID-19 crisis in Spain [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/hgqke
Rigoli, F. (2020). The link between coronavirus, anxiety, and religious beliefs in the United States and United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wykeq
Vieira, J. B., Pierzchajlo, S., Jangard, S., Marsh, A., & Olsson, A. (2020). Acute defensive emotions predict increased everyday altruism during the COVID-19 pandemic. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/n3t5c
O’Keeffe, C., & McNally, S. (2020). Perspectives of early childhood teachers in Ireland on the role of play during the pandemic [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/q74e9
Beltran, D. G., Isch, C., Ayers, J., Alcock, J., Brinkworth, J. F., Cronk, L., Hurmuz-Sklias, H., Tidball, K. G., Horn, A. V., Todd, P. M., & Aktipis, A. (2020). Mask wearing is associated with COVID-19 Prevalence, Risk, Stress, and Future Orientation. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dpa2j
Gabriel, H. T. L., & Ho, C. M. C. (2020). Effects of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic on Social Behaviours: From a Social Dilemma Perspective. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/8duvx
Rohrer, J. M., Schmukle, S., & McElreath, R. (2021). The Only Thing That Can Stop Bad Causal Inference Is Good Causal Inference. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mz5jx
Ebrahimi, O. V., Johnson, M. S., Ebling, S., Amundsen, O. M., Halsøy, Ø., Hoffart, A., … Johnson, S. U. (2021, April 25). Risk, Trust, and Flawed Assumptions: Vaccine Hesitancy During the COVID-19 Pandemic. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/57pwf
Keshmirian, A., Bahrami, B., & Deroy, O. (2021, April 27). Many Heads Are More Utilitarian Than One. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7e3dc
Scheel, Anne M., Mitchell R. M. J. Schijen, and Daniël Lakens. ‘An Excess of Positive Results: Comparing the Standard Psychology Literature With Registered Reports’. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 4, no. 2 (1 April 2021): 25152459211007468. https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459211007467.
Loose, Tianna, and Alejandro Vásquez-Echeverría. ‘Psychosocial Impacts of COVID-19 among University Students in Uruguay’. PsyArXiv, 15 April 2021. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w9rde.
When audio quality is high (vs low), people judge the content as better and more important. They also judge the speaker as more intelligent, competent, and likable.In an experiment, people rated a physicist’s talk at a scientific conference as 19.3% better when they listened to it in high quality audio vs slightly distorted, echo-prone audio.
High quality audio makes you sound smarter:
Białek, M., & Grossmann, I. (2021). Social bias insights concern judgments rather than real-world decisions. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/y3h7n
“Forgetting used to be the default, and that also meant you could edit your memories,” says Kate Eichhorn, who researches culture and media at the New School in New York City and wrote the book The End of Forgetting. “Editing memories” in this context refers to a psychological process, not a Photoshop tool. The human brain is constantly editing memories to incorporate new information and, in some cases, to cope with trauma.
Possibly worth reading for some of my research?
Spagnoli, Paola, Carmela Buono, Liliya Scafuri Kovalchuk, Gennaro Cordasco, and Anna Esposito. ‘Perfectionism and Burnout During the COVID-19 Crisis: A Two-Wave Cross-Lagged Study’. Frontiers in Psychology 11 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.631994.
The BMJ. ‘Marija Pantelic and Nisreen Alwan: The Stigma Is Real for People Living with Long Covid’, 25 March 2021. https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/03/25/marija-pantelic-and-nisreen-alwan-the-stigma-is-real-for-people-living-with-long-covid/.
Breznau, N., Rinke, E. M., Wuttke, A., Adem, M., Adriaans, J., Alvarez-Benjumea, A., Andersen, H. K., Auer, D., Azevedo, F., Bahnsen, O., Balzer, D., Bauer, G., Bauer, P. C., Baumann, M., Baute, S., Benoit, V., Bernauer, J., Berning, C., Berthold, A., … Nguyen, H. H. V. (2021). Observing Many Researchers using the Same Data and Hypothesis Reveals a Hidden Universe of Data Analysis. MetaArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31222/osf.io/cd5j9
Corker, K. S. (2021). An Open Science Workflow for More Credible, Rigorous Research. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wu6sn
Memory is commonly classified by psychologists according as it is exercised (a) mechanically, by attention and repetition; (b) judiciously, by careful selection and co-ordination; and (c) ingeniously, by means of artifices, i.e. mnemotechny, mnemonics. It must, however, be observed that no mnemonic is of any value which does not possess the qualities of (a) and (b). A mnemonic is essentially a device which uses attention and repetition, and careful selection is equally necessary. A more accurate description of mnemonics is "mediate" or "indirect" memory.
Ryan, W., Baum, S., & Evers, E. (2021). People Behave as if they Anticipate Regret Conditional on Experiencing a Bad Outcome. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/dcgpy
Seguin, D., Kuenzel, E., Morton, J. B., & Duerden, E. (2021). School’s out: Parenting stress and screen time use in school-age children during the COVID-19 pandemic. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5guc3
Levy, N. L., & Ross, R. M. (2020). The cognitive science of fake news [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/3nuzj
Robertson, O. M., & Pownall, M. (2020). The Expertise Paradox: Opportunities and Challenges of a Public Psychology Framework [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/sfnb9
Gernsbacher, M. A. (2018). Three ways to make replication mainstream. The Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, e129. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X1800064X
Oreskes, N. (n.d.). Jeffrey Epstein’s Harvard Connections Show How Money Can Distort Research. Scientific American. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0920-84
Hoogeveen, S., Sarafoglou, A., & Wagenmakers, E.-J. (2020). Laypeople Can Predict Which Social-Science Studies Will Be Replicated Successfully: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515245920919667
Michels, M., Glöckner, A., & Giersch, D. (2020). Personality Psychology in Times of Crisis: Profile-specific Recommendations on how to deal with COVID-19 [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/r9q6g
Kniffin, K. M., Narayanan, J., Anseel, F., Antonakis, J., Ashford, S., Bakker, A. B., Bamberger, P., Bapuji, H., Bhave, D. P., Choi, V. K., Creary, S. J., Demerouti, E., Flynn, F., Gelfand, Mi., Greer, L., Johns, G., Kesebir, S., Klein, P. G., Lee, S. Y., … van vugt, mark. (2020). COVID-19 and the Workplace: Implications, Issues, and Insights for Future Research and Action [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/gkwme
Szumowska, E., Czarnek, G., Dragon, P., & Keersmaecker, J. D. (2021). Multitasking and correction of false information. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/w5v4z
Most Read Articles of 2020—Behavioral Scientist. (n.d.). Retrieved February 27, 2021, from https://behavioralscientist.org/most-read-behavioral-science-articles-of-2020/
Spread Germ Defence, not the virus! (n.d.). Retrieved March 1, 2021, from http://www.hprubse.nihr.ac.uk/news/spread-germ-defence-not-the-virus/
Ghio, D., Lawes-Wickwar, S., Tang, M. Y., Epton, T., Howlett, N., Jenkinson, E., Stanescu, S., Westbrook, J., Kassianos, A., Watson, D., Sutherland, L., Stanulewicz, N., Guest, E., Scanlan, D., Carr, N., Chater, A., Hotham, S., Thorneloe, R., Armitage, C., … Keyworth, C. (2020). What influences people’s responses to public health messages for managing risks and preventing infectious diseases? A rapid systematic review of the evidence and recommendations [Preprint]. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nz7tr
Lakens, D., Tunç, D. U., & Tunç, M. N. (2021). There is no generalizability crisis. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tm8jy
Su, I., & Ceci, S. (2021, March 5). “Zoom Developmentalists”: Home-Based Videoconferencing Developmental Research during COVID-19. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/nvdy6
Skalski, Sebastian, Karol Konaszewski, Paweł Dobrakowski, Janusz Surzykiewicz, and Sherman A. Lee. ‘Pandemic Grief in Poland: Adaptation of a Measure and Its Relationship with Social Support and Resilience’. PsyArXiv, 11 January 2021. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/es3rd.
Grundmann, Felix, Kai Epstude, and Susanne Scheibe. ‘Face Masks Reduce Emotion-Recognition Accuracy and Perceived Closeness’. PsyArXiv, 9 October 2020. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xpzs3.
Doom, Jenalee, and Kathryn Fox. ‘Adverse and Benevolent Childhood Experiences Predict Mental Health during the COVID-19 Pandemic’. PsyArXiv, 3 December 2020. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/vr5jd.
Endress, Ansgar. ‘The Values of Survival: Socio-Cultural Values Predict COVID-19-Related Mortality’. PsyArXiv, 3 December 2020. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/da95b.
Gligorić, Vukašin, Allard Feddes, and Bertjan Doosje. ‘Political Bullshit Receptivity and Its Correlates: A Cross-Cultural Validation of the Concept’. PsyArXiv, 27 October 2020. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/u9pe3.
Maddock, J. (2020, October 23). Sick of COVID-19? Here’s why you might have pandemic fatigue. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/sick-of-covid-19-heres-why-you-might-have-pandemic-fatigue-148294?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=bylinetwitterbutton
Kartushina, N., Mani, N., AKTAN-ERCIYES, A., Alaslani, K., Aldrich, N. J., Almohammadi, A., … Mayor, J. (2021, March 5). COVID-19 first lockdown as a unique window into language acquisition: What you do (with your child) matters. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/5ejwu
Rodman, A. M., Rosen, M. L., Kasparek, S. W., Mayes, M., Lengua, L., McLaughlin, K. A., PhD, & Meltzoff, A. N. (2021, March 4). Social behavior and youth psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/y8zvg
Chevallier, Coralie, Anne-Sophie Hacquin, and Hugo Mercier. ‘COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy: Shortening the Last Mile’. PsyArXiv, 3 March 2021. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xchj6.
Heeren, A., HANSEEUW, B., Cougnon, L., & Lits, G. (2021, March 11). Excessive Worrying as the Driving Force of Anxiety During the First COVID-19 Lockdown-Phase in Belgium. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/b34aj
Bergot, N. (2020, October 24). Battling fake science: University of Alberta launches free online science literacy course. Edmonton Journal. https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/battling-fake-science-ualberta-launches-free-online-science-literacy-course
Stein, D. H., Chatman, J., & Schroeder, J. (2021). Is Commitment Getting Infected Too? How COVID-19 Stay-Home Orders Influence Workgroup Commitment. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/mhqbv
Dutra, N. B. (2020). Commentary on Apicella, Norenzayan & Henrich (2020): Who is going to run the global laboratory of the future? PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/4bw97
Kejriwal, M., & Shen, K. (2021, March 9). Affective Correlates of Metropolitan Food Insecurity and Misery during COVID-19. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/6zxfe
This excerpt is drawn from “A World Without Email,” by Cal Newport, out in March from Portfolio.
An overview of many email related research studies which indicates its design stresses us out unnecessarily.
When peeking at your brain may help with mental illness
Reconceptualising joy as dopamine activity in the brain's reward centres, melancholy as serotonin deficiency, attention as the noradrenalin-induced modulation of stimulus-processing, and, not least, love as a consequence of the secretion of centrally acting bonding hormones, changes not only our perspective on emotional and mental states, but also our subjective experience of self. That does not mean that we experience the physiological side of feelings like love or guilt any differently, but it does make us think about them differently. This, in turn, changes the way we perceive, interpret and order them, and hence the effect they have on our behaviour.
Being aware of how we operate is probably worthwhile but not when this understanding is subverted to create more profits for owners of vast algorithmic empires, e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.
Depression, however, was also the first widespread mental illness for which modern neuroscience promptly found a remedy. Depression and anxiety were located in the gaps between the synapses, which is precisely where they were treated. Where previously there had only been reflexive psychotherapy, an interface had now been identified where suffering induced by the self and the world could now be alleviated directly and pre-reflexively. At this point, if not before, the unequal duo of capitalism and neuroscience was joined by a third partner. From now on, the blossoming pharmaceutical industry was to function as a kind of transmission belt connecting the two wheels and making them turn faster.
One good reason to be wary of psychopharmacology is that it is extremely profitable.
James Whale’s Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935) explored both the hubris of the male scientist described in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus (1818) as well as the repressive sexuality of Western culture. Robert Wise’s The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) advocated for a liberal belief in the collective submission to a technocratic elite.
I initially found this article by searching for "alien movie hubris" and the search results did not disappoint. This essay does a great job weaving several themes about creativity, automation, intelligence, biology, culture, ambition, power, delusions of grandeur, human spirituality and sexuality, and a few more I'm probably forgetting. It's definitely worthwhile reading.
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Scheffer, J. A., Cameron, D., & Inzlicht, M. (2021). Caring is Costly: People Avoid the Cognitive Work of Compassion. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/jyx6q
The idea is interesting that if you introduce a slight distraction or speak softly, people will not only have to try harder to hear you but that the "effort moves us into higher gear, activating more vigorous and more analytical brain machinery." (53)
It's a frequent story in Hollywood that Michael Ovitz used the tactic of speaking softly to get people to listen to him more closely.
Ought to dig in to see if anyone has done research on this effect.
Dan doesn't seem to indicate it, but I'm sort of curious what his parenthetical numbers in the text represent or link to?
System architects: equivalents to architecture and planning for a world of knowledge and data Both government and business need new skills to do this work well. At present the capabilities described in this paper are divided up. Parts sit within data teams; others in knowledge management, product development, research, policy analysis or strategy teams, or in the various professions dotted around government, from economists to statisticians. In governments, for example, the main emphasis of digital teams in recent years has been very much on service design and delivery, not intelligence. This may be one reason why some aspects of government intelligence appear to have declined in recent years – notably the organisation of memory.57 What we need is a skill set analogous to architects. Good architects learn to think in multiple ways – combining engineering, aesthetics, attention to place and politics. Their work necessitates linking awareness of building materials, planning contexts, psychology and design. Architecture sits alongside urban planning which was also created as an integrative discipline, combining awareness of physical design with finance, strategy and law. So we have two very well-developed integrative skills for the material world. But there is very little comparable for the intangibles of data, knowledge and intelligence. What’s needed now is a profession with skills straddling engineering, data and social science – who are adept at understanding, designing and improving intelligent systems that are transparent and self-aware58. Some should also specialise in processes that engage stakeholders in the task of systems mapping and design, and make the most of collective intelligence. As with architecture and urban planning supply and demand need to evolve in tandem, with governments and other funders seeking to recruit ‘systems architects’ or ‘intelligence architects’ while universities put in place new courses to develop them.
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When should you end a conversation? Probably sooner than you think
Why we’re so bad at daydreaming, and how to fix it
Psychische Belastung: Jungen Menschen schlägt die Pandemie mehr aufs Gemüt als den Alten
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independently demonstrated
may indicate low-hanging fruit in the field, methinks
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McCarthy et al. (2020) refer to a number of bullshit expressionssuch as “blue-sky thinking” or “out-of-the-box thinking”, which are often usedas vague buzzwords with minimal substance. This vagueness serves the interestsof bullshitters, because communication targets are less likely to ask questionswhen they find it difficult to understand what has been said (McCarthy et al.,2020).
El cerebro humano está diseñado para favorecer la redistribución, pero la desigualdad genera prejuicios que ayudan a justificar actitudes más egoístas
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Can the Brain Resist the Group Opinion?
Tomfohr-Madsen, L., Giesbrecht, G., Lebel, C., Racine, N., & Madigan, S. (2021). Depression and Anxiety in Pregnancy during COVID-19: A Rapid Review and Meta-Analysis. PsyArXiv. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/n8b7x
Neural nets learn and make decisions independently of their human programmers. Researchers refer to this hidden process as a "black box." It is hard to trust the machine's outputs if we don't know what is happening in the box.
Counter-argument: Why do we trust a human being's decisions if we don't know what is happening inside their brain? Yes, we can question the human being but we then have to trust that what they tell us about their rationale is true.
propose to create a new academic discipline called “machine behavior.” It approaches studying AI systems in the same way we’ve always studied animals and humans: through empirical observation and experimentation
We do this all the time; observe people's behaviour and then make inferences about their intentions.
We've developed scientific methods to study black boxes for hundreds of years now, but these methods have primarily been applied to [living beings] up to this point
It's called psychology.
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ReconfigBehSci[@SciBeh}(2020, August) Videos of talks from July's eBridges conference on "SOCIETY, PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR DURING AND POST COVID-19 LOCKDOWN" are now all available here: Twitter. Retrieved from:https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1297863598144999424
Elon Musk declared that we are marching towards a near future without language, in which we’ll be able to communicate directly mind-to-mind through neural links. ‘Our brain spends a lot of effort compressing a complex concept into words,’ he said in a recent interview, ‘and there’s a lot of loss of information that occurs when compressing a complex concept into words.’
Elon Musk on the future of talking
Mute inner speech can appear as an inner dialogue as well, but its truncated form encourages us to create a ‘secret’ abbreviated language and deploy mental shortcuts. By forcing us to articulate ourselves more fully, self-talk summons up the image of an imagined listener or interrogator more vividly. In this way, it allows us to question ourselves more critically by adopting an external perspective on our ideas, and so to consider shortcomings in our arguments – all while using our own speech.
The essential difference between mute speach and self-talk
Contemporary theories in cognition and the science of learning reaffirm Kleist’s speculations, and show how self-talk contributes not only to motivation and emotional regulation, but also to some higher cognitive functions such as developing metacognition and reasoning.
Self-talk brings lots of benefits
It’s no coincidence that we walk when we need to think: evidence shows that movement enhances thinking and learning, and both are activated in the same centre of motor control in the brain. In the influential subfield of cognitive science concerned with ‘embodied’ cognition, one prominent claim is that actions themselves are constitutive of cognitive processes. That is, activities such as playing a musical instrument, writing, speaking or dancing don’t start in the brain and then emanate out to the body as actions; rather, they entail the mind and body working in concert as a creative, integrated whole, unfolding and influencing each other in turn. It’s therefore a significant problem that many of us are trapped in work and study environments that don’t allow us to activate these intuitive cognitive muscles, and indeed often even encourage us to avoid them.
Symbiosis of movement and thinking
People think that fighters fight best when they are angry, that singers, actors and musicians perform best when they are high on emotions. This cannot be further from the truth. Studies show that in high-stress situations, we perform when we separate ourselves from our emotions. Like how a cup is only useful when it’s empty, it is only when we empty ourselves that we can become a conduit for our art, transcend our mortal shell, and perform at the highest levels.
Studies show that in high-stress situations people perform better when there is a separation of self and emotions.
We might think that boxers perform better when they're angry but that might not be the case.
“affect labelling,” the act of putting feelings into words, actually help decrease brain activity in the amygdala and therefore reduce stress
Affect Labelling - Put thoughts into words. Decreases amygdala activity which decreases stress.
Other studies have shown this has resulted in:
Great practices are:
“Cognitive Reframing” is a technique used in therapy where patients are taught to look at things from another perspective. This technique helps patients look at the same event with different points of view, and has been proven to help improve their self-talk and behaviour. We are, after all, made up of the stories we tell ourselves.
Cognitive Reframing - Technique to let patients look at situations from different perspectives.
the commonplace book has been particularly beloved by poets, whose business is the revelation of wholeness through the fragmentary
Gestalt: the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. See also, emergence in chaos theory and complexity.
In both cases – speech and writing – the materiality of language undergoes a transformation (to audible sounds or written signs) which in turn produces a mental shift.
There's surely a link between this and the idea of thought spaces in the blogosphere or the idea of a commonplace book/digital garden/wiki.
The idea that speaking out loud and thinking are closely related isn’t new. It emerged in Ancient Greece and Rome, in the work of such great orators as Marcus Tullius Cicero. But perhaps the most intriguing modern development of the idea appeared in the essay ‘On the Gradual Formation of Thoughts During Speech’ (1805) by the German writer Heinrich von Kleist.
Some of this is at play with the idea of "rubber ducking" as a means of debugging programs
Teen dislike of physical appearance strong predictor of depression in early adulthood
Summary of the article:
Stuaert Rtchie [@StuartJRitchie] (2020) This encapsulates the problem nicely. Sure, there’s a paper. But actually read it & what do you find? p-values mostly juuuust under .05 (a red flag) and a sample size that’s FAR less than “25m”. If you think this is in any way compelling evidence, you’ve totally been sold a pup. Twitter. Retrieved from:https://twitter.com/StuartJRitchie/status/1305963050302877697
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Instead of waiting for a magic fairy to appear and eliminate your problem so that you can enjoy life again, you might want to start adding those little positive events back onto your agenda despite the problem still being present
This solution based therapy focuses on trying to get people active and engaged with life even when depressed.
It is important to help patients experience those little positive events. These events can help people get back on track.
If you need to imagine in concrete detail how you would notice that a problem disappeared, you are challenged to leave vague descriptions like “I’ll be happy”, “I’ll be less annoyed” behind.Vagueness in the end is a cognitive avoidance mechanism. It is easy to ruminate on general emotions and thoughts but very hard to imagine concrete outcomes and changes. We would rather not face precise thoughts, emotions or memories because they can be painful. Better to stay at a safe but vague distance.
This is all about solution based therapy. We need concrete ways of fixing our problems.
Vagueness is a cognitive avoidance strategy. It is a way to avoid digging deep.
It is safer for our feelings to stay vague, but that is not where we need to improve.
Rather than defining the problem — which is hard — you are invited to define the change you would like to experience. It is a bit like reverse engineering.
This is a very interesting way to approach psychotherapy:
Let the patient define and explore the change they want to experience.
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The Thirteen Sources of Well-Being:More positive emotionsFewer negative emotionsLife satisfactionVitalityEnvironmental masteryPositive relationshipsSelf-acceptanceMasteryAutonomyPersonal growthEngagement in lifePurpose and meaning in lifeTranscendent experiences
The Thirteen Sources of Well-Being
“Within the humanistic psychology framework, the healthy personality is considered one that constantly moves toward freedom, responsibility, self-awareness, meaning, commitment, personal growth, maturity, integration, and change, rather than one that predominantly strives for status, achievement, or even happiness."
The humanistic psychology framework focuses on larger scale values than on individual achievement
Once the person opens up about what they’re feeling, resist the temptation to find a solution. Instead, validate. McGrath suggests telling them their emotions makes sense, reiterating how hard their experience sounds, then asking what they need.If you’re burning to share how you see things, ask permission before dishing out advice. Sometimes, well-intentioned attempts to fix the problem send a message that you’re uncomfortable with the other person’s emotions, which does anything but forge trust and connection.
Something I need to practice more.
When someone opens up, do not be so quick to fix. Understand the issue, what is causing them pain, why it is causing them pain, and validate that concern by reiterating the experience to them.
This way you allow them to not feel like they are wrong for feeling that way.
simple as tacking on an “I could be wrong, but” at the beginning, or an “Am I off base?” at the end. “This way, you provide an out so the other person can deny they feel that way,” she says, and give them a chance to correct the record by sharing what’s actually going on, if they choose.
You don't have to be right about your observation, you just have to try. This shows that you are trying, that you are willing to empathize.
So it is important to make your observation but also give space for them to talk about their feelings. How can you do that? Well you can say: "Am I off base?", "Correct me if I'm wrong"
Observations, on the other hand, cultivate connection by showing you’re paying attention, Braman explained in her post; that’s why she encourages parents to lead with statements like “You seem frustrated,” or “You’re full of smiles.”
Asking a kid "how was your day" can cause them anxiety because they still don't have the language to describe their feelings. This question usually don't lead to any good.
On the other hand, make observations! Say something like "you seem frustrated" or "You seem pretty happy today". This helps them develop a language to describe how they are feeling.
As I was writing this I thought about how important books are. They can describe the emotional language of someone and help the reader empathize with it and also adopt ways to express themselves.
Observations “send the message that you notice changes in a person and are interested in knowing more about their experience, says New York-based psychologist Sabrina Romanoff, “all the while rejecting the superficial ‘how are you’ exchange and replacing it with genuine connection.”
Another important point is that observations show interest in the subject matter while simply asking for a broad summary of a day does not.
A direct, “you seem” statement might work with your own kid, but for an adult, it might feel like labeling, which can trigger defensiveness or an emotional shutdown. The goal is to encourage the other person to open up about how they’re doing by showing you care, so frame your observation in a way that won’t make them feel judged or misinterpreted.Instead, couch your observation with softer, curiosity-driven language. Mia Rosenberg, a therapist and the owner of Upsider Therapy, recommends the “I’ve noticed that” and “I’m wondering” formula. For example, you could say, “I’ve noticed that you’re quieter lately; I’m wondering if you’re stressed?”
"You seem" might work on a child but can be seen as labeling when used on an adult.
Instead use "I've noticed that" and "I'm wondering". Also observe body language.
Do not say "You look tired" because that can seem mean to someone struggling. Instead use emotion focused words such as burned out or frustrated.
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Her dark coat fell open, and her white throat—all her soft young body in the blue dress—was like a flower that is just emerging from its dark bud.
The ambiguity of Mansfield's stories, and there sudden endings, place the tensions and moral implications, on our laps. What are the relationships between motherly neglect, wealth, and the sexuality of a young girl? Is the young girls bratiness a reasonable reaction to her circumstances (assuming the mother, really is a neglectful mother). Is she spoiled? or is the young girl simply lashing out. Do we develop our identities, or does circumstance?
Playing video games as a child can improve working memory years later
Pointing someone to a README.md does not lead to learning.
This reminds me of an interesting study from MIT relating to collective learning that I heard about from Cesar Hidalgo recently.
It was later determined that humans impose meaning even on nonsense syllables to make them more meaningful. The nonsense syllable PED (which is the first three letters of the word "pedal") turns out to be less nonsensical than a syllable such as KOJ; the syllables are said to differ in association value.[5] It appears that Ebbinghaus recognized this, and only referred to the strings of syllables as "nonsense" in that the syllables might be less likely to have a specific meaning and he should make no attempt to make associations with them for easier retrieval.
This seems roughly similar to Major Beniowski's phrenotypic associative memory. Some of these nonesense syllables could more easily be associated than others. Perhaps going through them one could do phrenotypic distances?
Would Ebbinghaus have known of Beniowski's work? Evidence?
Most previous explanations had focussed on explaining how someone’s beliefs might be altered in the moment.
Knowing a little of what is coming in advance here, I can't help but thinking: How can this riot theory potentially be used to influence politics and/or political campaigns? It could be particularly effective to get people "riled up" just before a particular election to create a political riot of sorts and thereby influence the outcome.
Facebook has done several social experiments with elections in showing that their friends and family voted and thereby affecting other potential voters. When done in a way that targets people of particular political beliefs to increase turn out, one is given a means of drastically influencing elections. In some sense, this is an example of this "Riot Theory".
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I will accept your ladyship’s dismissal, but not your ladyship’s money
Detectives are masters of psychology. By not accepting Mrs. Verinder's money, Sergeant Cuff tries to make Mrs. Verinder feels that she owes him a favor, and therefore decreases the possibility that he will get fired.
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