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- Checking off symptoms online affects our perceptions of risk
- Brain imaging study finds evidence of basis for caregiving impulse
- Suppressing feelings of compassion makes people feel less moral
| Checking off symptoms online affects our perceptions of risk Posted: 16 Mar 2012 08:26 AM PDT You've been feeling under the weather. You Google your symptoms. A half-hour later, you're convinced it's nothing serious -- or afraid you have cancer. More than 60 percent of Americans get their health information online, and a majority of those decide whether to see a doctor based on what they find. "Wow, this is an era of self-diagnosis," thought Arizona State University psychologist Virginia Kwan, learning that statistic. Psychologists have asked how might online information affect individual health decisions? |
| Brain imaging study finds evidence of basis for caregiving impulse Posted: 16 Mar 2012 06:45 AM PDT Distinct patterns of activity -- which may indicate a predisposition to care for infants -- appear in the brains of adults who view an image of an infant face -- even when the child is not theirs, according to a study by an international team of researchers. |
| Suppressing feelings of compassion makes people feel less moral Posted: 15 Mar 2012 08:04 AM PDT It's normal to not always act on your sense of compassion -- for example, by walking past a beggar on the street without giving them any money. Maybe you want to save your money or avoid engaging with a homeless person. But even if suppressing compassion avoids these costs, it may carry a personal cost of its own, according to a new study. |
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