Research has shown that rest is beneficial for memory consolidation. However, periods of rest are also prone to evoke mind wandering (MW) episodes, which have been observed to be an obstacle to learning. As such, an apparent paradox arises from these …
The Internet both substantially expands and potentially biases our “visual diet” concerning faces. Using an evolutionary psychology framework, we compared the facial characteristics of popular content creators on online social media with control …
Research focusing on first impression formation based on facial stimuli lacks a conclusion on whether there is a cross-cultural agreement and how deeply it has proliferated across distant populations. Social media may play an important role in the …
Identifying interpersonal disease threats is critical for effectively tracking and defending against infection. People hold lay beliefs about the types of sensory information that are most relevant for identifying whether others are sick with …
Women’s preferences for facial masculinity in men are influenced by individual and socio-contextual factors that allow them to balance costs-benefits in pursuit of their well-being. This study examined how Colombian women's preferences for …
This study aimed to translate, adapt, and evaluate the preliminary psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Sexual Modes Questionnaire (SMQ; Nobre & Pinto-Gouveia, 2003), focusing on negative automatic thoughts during sexual activity. A …
The evolution of music, language, and cooperation have been debated since before Darwin. The social bonding hypothesis proposes that these phenomena may be interlinked: musicality may have facilitated the evolution of group cooperation beyond the …
Many people experience emotions and visual imagery while listening to music. Previous research has identified cross-modal associations between musical and visual features as well as cross-cultural links between music and emotion and between music and …
Meta-analysis is a widely used method to synthesise data from different studies. However, students, practitioners and researchers often lack the practical knowledge to perform and interpret a meta-analysis. This guide presents a variety of tools for …