Athletes’ Perceived Team Ethical Climate and Prosocial Behavior
https://www.dovepress.com/perceived-team-ethical-climate-and-athletes-prosocial-behavior-roles-o-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-PRBM
https://redd.it/1xnvd63
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Study of the 2024 election: Kamala Harris's viral TikToks got people sharing them, but only her boring policy video actually made people like her more. Clips about identity, challenging Trump to a debate, and attacking JD Vance boosted shares, not support, and none changed how people planned to vote
https://www.psypost.org/the-limits-of-viral-politics-how-tiktok-shaped-voter-views-of-kamala-harris/
https://redd.it/1xnjekm
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People in interracial relationships tend to be more politically liberal, a US study of 12,600 young adults finds. They had 37% higher odds of liberal views. The link is stronger for women and unmarried people, but it's unclear if dating across races shifts politics or liberals just date more widely.
https://www.psypost.org/people-in-interracial-relationships-tend-to-be-more-politically-liberal-study-finds/
https://redd.it/1xnjgou
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Six future Trump officials (Vance, Rubio, Gabbard, Hegseth, Patel, RFK Jr.) wrote books before taking office. Researchers counted 2,074 metaphors in them: about 91% were about threats, and war was the top theme by far. Fear showed up in about 95% of passages, while hope-themed ones made up under 10%
https://www.psypost.org/six-future-trump-officials-wrote-books-before-taking-office-all-six-leaned-hardest-on-the-same-metaphor/
https://redd.it/1xnjg1j
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Republicans liked the exact same workplace diversity training more when it skipped buzzwords like "diversity" and "privilege" and used plain words like "differences" and "unfair advantages" instead. Same content, different labels, and they also rated it as less politically biased.
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/10/using-less-politically-charged-language-can-lower-temperature-dei-training
https://redd.it/1xnjfe0
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Mentally reframing an unpleasant physical sensation by describing it like an objective news reporter can quiet activity in sensory areas of the brain in autistic children and teens. This mental strategy did not immediately change how unpleasant the textures felt, but reduced specific neural activity
https://www.psypost.org/a-simple-cognitive-reframing-strategy-reduces-sensory-brain-responses-in-autistic-youth/
https://redd.it/1xnagr1
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The Dark Side of Bonding With AI Companions
https://neurosciencenews.com/llm-ai-bonding-psychology-emotion-32377/
https://redd.it/1xn13xq
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Eating Blueberries Every Day Could Reduce Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults
https://www.sciencealert.com/eating-blueberries-every-day-could-reduce-depressive-symptoms-in-older-adults
https://redd.it/1xmrfwo
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Could Eating Less Ultra-Processed Food Improve Your Mental Health?
https://goodandbadpeople.com/read-blog/1635_could-eating-less-ultra-processed-food-improve-your-mental-health.html
https://redd.it/1xm5sox
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Many new mothers struggle with birth-related trauma symptoms even without meeting criteria for PTSD. Study points to a widespread mental health burden after delivery and highlight the need for trauma-informed maternity care that routinely screens for and responds to birth-related trauma.
https://www.psypost.org/many-new-mothers-struggle-with-birth-related-trauma-symptoms-even-without-meeting-criteria-for-ptsd/
https://redd.it/1xlzysg
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Scientists asked 50 people who nearly died to sketch the spaces they saw. Four shapes kept showing up: tunnels, archways, gently curved spaces, and sphere-like bubbles. The strangest finding: Tunnels were almost always colorless (22 of 28), while archways were almost always full of color (27 of 31).
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-asked-50-people-to-map-their-near-death-experiences-an-eerie-pattern-emerged
https://redd.it/1xltiqs
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Are mental disorders the result of the big 5 trait neuroticism, or vice versa?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroticism
https://redd.it/1xlkc75
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People who join online outrage and public shaming tend to enjoy watching others suffer and want to look morally superior, a study of 1,000 South Korean adults found. Those most active in 'internet justice' were also the most convinced it actually works to punish wrongdoers and stop bad behaviour.
https://www.psypost.org/the-psychological-motives-driving-internet-justice-and-public-shaming/
https://redd.it/1xlg3p8
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https://redd.it/1xkunro
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Racial attitudes and economic optimism predict Trump support among Asian American voters. Asian American voters who supported Donald Trump in the 2024 election tended to hold particular economic evaluations, alongside specific racial and anti-immigrant attitudes.
https://www.psypost.org/economic-views-and-racial-attitudes-shaped-asian-american-voting-patterns-in-rec/
https://redd.it/1xnjia5
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US politicians are much older than the people they represent (House median age 58, Senate 65, average American 39). A brand-new study of 6,000+ Americans found people were more likely to see decisions as fair when a group mixed under-40s with over-60s instead of being all older politicians.
https://www.gu.se/en/news/us-midterm-elections-younger-politicians-could-strengthen-trust-in-democracy
https://redd.it/1xnjcyx
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Massive study upends our understanding of the psychology of collectivism. Psychology surveys have struggled to measure collectivism because they confuse obligation to close family and friends with general friendliness toward everyone.
https://www.psypost.org/massive-study-upends-our-understanding-of-the-psychology-of-collectivism/
https://redd.it/1xnlpfr
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Teens whose rule-breaking and aggression persisted were roughly twice as likely to vote populist-right as adults, while teens with anxiety or depression tended to lean left and vote less, according to a new 28-year study that followed 2,215 Norwegians from age 15 all the way into their early forties
https://www.psypost.org/how-adolescent-mental-health-predicts-adult-political-views/
https://redd.it/1xnjdvr
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Women with PMS-type symptoms smoked more cannabis in the days right before their period, and again around ovulation, a new study tracking daily use over 2–3 cycles found. The biggest jumps came on days they felt more emotionally sensitive or had conflicts with other people. Small study of 64 people.
https://www.psypost.org/the-menstrual-cycle-may-shape-how-much-cannabis-women-use-new-research-suggests/
https://redd.it/1xna9hk
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THC Medication Made PTSD Nightmares Disappear for More Than a Third of Patients in Trial
https://goodandbadpeople.com/read-blog/1636_thc-medication-made-ptsd-nightmares-disappear-for-more-than-a-third-of-patients.html
https://redd.it/1xn4vkv
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Women want to talk about sex with their close friends more often, study finds
https://www.psypost.org/women-want-to-talk-about-sex-with-their-close-friends-more-often-study-finds/
https://redd.it/1xn0zf3
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Individual traits and experiences predict the content of dreams - Communications Psychology
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44271-026-00447-2
https://redd.it/1xmhzjv
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Scientists Discover How Sleep Controls Growth Hormone and Brain Alertness
https://goodandbadpeople.com/read-blog/1634_scientists-discover-how-sleep-controls-growth-hormone-and-brain-alertness.html
https://redd.it/1xm3w2b
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In parallel mouse studies, researchers fail to replicate many reported effects of psilocybin: In a unique series of identical experiments, five labs dosed mice with the psychedelic drug psilocybin to see which behavioral effects are reproducible. The results were mixed, modest and temporary.
https://news.berkeley.edu/2026/11/02/in-parallel-mouse-studies-researchers-fail-to-replicate-many-reported-effects-of-psilocybin/
https://redd.it/1xlv4ga
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The perceptual geometry and chromaticity of near-death experience spaces
https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1760389/full
https://redd.it/1xlpk8g
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What gets lost when psychology books are condensed?
https://distilllabs.app
https://redd.it/1xlgnlc
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(Jung) People have some delusional takes online lol
https://redd.it/1xla55r
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Kids of insecure, self-absorbed (narcissistic) parents were more likely to be depressed as young adults, mostly because they were made to act as the parent's emotional partner or therapist growing up, a study of 513 students in the US and Turkey has found. Surprisingly, it was more common in the US.
https://www.psypost.org/how-parental-narcissism-links-to-depression-in-adult-children-across-cultures/
https://redd.it/1xl15ap
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Manufacturing Pessimism: Structural Incentives and Social Psychology's Narrative of Human Nature
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42485623/
https://redd.it/1xklb3s
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