Why should you forgive someone for being unfair? In fact, research shows that forgiveness can enhance psychological well-being, physiological health, and spiritual well-being Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Personal Development, Psychology, Well-being
Tagged experimental research, forgiveness
The accuracy of an eyewitness’ memory is open to question.
Confidence in one’s memory is generally believed to be a sign of memory accuracy, but this is not always the case. Some studies have shown a high correlation between confidence and accuracy, while others have shown little to no correlation. Continue reading
Posted in Memory, Psychology
Tagged court, experimental research, eyewitness, eyewitness memory, memory accuracy
Colors carry meanings, and they have an impact on emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. The meanings of colors are produced at an early stage of visual processing which does not require one’s awareness (Elliot & Maier, 2013). Continue reading
Posted in Behaviors, Consumer Psychology, Marketing
Tagged colors, empirical, experimental research
Making the right decisions is difficult for many reasons. The focusing-effect is one of them.
When we make decisions, we often get very focused on certain aspects of the decision. This article describes this tendency (=the focusing-effect) in detail and the research surrounding it. Continue reading
Posted in Cognitive Bias, Cognitive Psychology, Psychology
Tagged evidence, experimental research, kahneman
My name is Simon Moesgaard, a psychologist from Denmark, and this is my blog about psychology.
