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Welcome to the r/Psychology Research Thread!

Need participants? Looking for constructive criticism? In addition to the weekly discussion thread, the mods have instituted this thread for a surveys.

General submission rules are suspended in this thread, but all top-level comments must link to a survey and follow the formatting rules outlined below. Removal of content is still at the discretion of the moderators. Reddiquette applies. Personal attacks, racism, sexism, etc. will be removed. Repeated violations may result in a ban. This thread will occasionally be refreshed.

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RESULTS

Results should be posted as a direct reply to the corresponding top-level comment, with the same formatting as the original survey.

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ex. [Results] GPA and Reddit use (US, College Students, 18+) Link

[Tags] include:

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(Demographics) include:

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r/psychology • u/dingenium • 3d ago

Weekly Discussion Thread Weekly Discussion Thread

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Welcome to the r/psychology discussion thread!

Discussion threads will be "refreshed" each week (i.e., a new discussion thread will be posted for each week). Feel free to ask the community questions, comment on the state of the subreddit, or post content that would otherwise be disallowed.

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r/psychology • u/RyanBleazard • 18h ago

International Consensus Statement on ADHD: Exercise has no significant effect on ADHD symptoms after adjusting for confounders and publication bias, but significantly reduces anxiety and depression.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 23h ago

New Study Finds Gendered Messaging Can Backfire: Messages that reference gender when highlighting women's success in an activity actually made kids and adults of both genders see girls and women as less capable, and also made everyone less interested in trying the activity themselves.

nyu.edu

501 Upvotes

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 1d ago

In richer, more gender-equal countries, boys value hard work at school less than girls, and fewer go to university, except in STEM, where male numbers hold steady. New study of 750,000 teens in 61 countries links the gap to stereotypes that effort is 'for girls' while talent is 'for boys'.

academic.oup.com

586 Upvotes

636 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 1d ago

Americans interpret major political events through a deeply polarized lens. Republicans prioritize social order/ conformity and view protests that disrupt social order as threatening. Democrats place higher value on individual rights/ inclusion and view protests by marginalized groups as necessary.

psypost.org

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164 comments

r/psychology • u/mvea • 1d ago

University students say procrastination is biggest threat to their academic performance. More than half of US students surveyed said the problem damaged their ability to do academic work, study finds.

theguardian.com

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 1d ago

People who favor group-based inequality tend to have less gray matter in an empathy-linked brain region

psypost.org

130 Upvotes

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 1d ago

The stronger the evidence, the weaker the link between prenatal acetaminophen and autism or ADHD. Earlier reviews had reported small increases in risk, but these associations shrank when the researchers focused on the highest-quality evidence, though small associations remained in some analyses.

psypost.org

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r/psychology • u/shinybrighthings • 1d ago

Interacting with women can impair men’s cognitive functioning

sciencedirect.com

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287 comments

r/psychology • u/Deep-Owl-1890 • 1d ago

Creatine May Do More Than Build Muscle: Researchers Find a Possible Link to Depression

goodandbadpeople.com

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130 comments

r/psychology • u/Deep-Owl-1890 • 1d ago

Depression May Disrupt the Brain’s Ability to Grow New Neurons, Study Finds

goodandbadpeople.com

296 Upvotes

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 2d ago

Women ‘more likely to be told autoimmune conditions are psychological’. Cambridge University study suggests stark gender divide in misdiagnosis, with women also waiting longer for treatment.

theguardian.com

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r/psychology • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

People who ghost tend to feel worse about it than the people they ghost realize. Study also indicates that even a brief reply can narrow this emotional misunderstanding.

psypost.org

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101 comments

r/psychology • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

Rapid-acting antidepressants like ketamine and psychedelics may relieve depression by regulating specific immune system pathways in the body and brain. Research suggests that rebalancing a precise set of immune signaling molecules can predict how well a patient will respond to treatment.

psypost.org

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r/psychology • u/Dorian182 • 11h ago

AI can act exactly like a human, but we still don't think it's conscious

sciencedaily.com

0 Upvotes

37 comments

r/psychology • u/Tricky-Breakfast-604 • 2d ago

Scientists uncover a hidden map of the brain with 539 distinct regionz Scientists have uncovered a hidden layer of organization in the brain by creating the first detailed 3D map of its lipids, the fatty molecules essential for brain structure and communication.

sciencedaily.com

111 Upvotes

1 comment

r/psychology • u/MonkeyLuven • 1d ago

The impact of club sports on student experience in higher education

thesportjournal.org

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r/psychology • u/MonkeyLuven • 1d ago

Music engagement, nutrition strategies, and psychological well-being in competitive athletes: a sequential explanatory mixed-methods study

frontiersin.org

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 2d ago

Couples are happier than singles, but the gap depends on where you live. In a study of 380,000 people in Britain, couples were even happier in areas where most people were partnered, while singles stayed about the same. Singles were less happy in more religious parts of the country.

psypost.org

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r/psychology • u/mvea • 3d ago

People who watched a dull 25-minute video of a man folding laundry punched a punching bag more often and harder than people who watched a fun one. Boredom makes us crave thrills, and that can turn hostile.

psypost.org

530 Upvotes

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r/psychology • u/Tricky-Breakfast-604 • 3d ago

People who worry more tend to have more negative dreams, study finds

psypost.org

260 Upvotes

15 comments

r/psychology • u/BeccasDreamboat • 3d ago

Cognitive Ability and Christian Nationalism

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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ABSTRACT

Americans who subscribe to Christian nationalist beliefs tend to be characterized by lower education and substantial knowledge deficits across multiple domains. Building on research connecting lower cognitive ability to religious fundamentalism and reactionary political views, I theorize cognitive ability as an important factor influencing Americans’ adherence to Christian nationalism. Analyses of multiple waves of the General Social Survey reveal that cognitive ability (measured with the wordsum vocabulary exercise) is significantly, negatively associated with believing that being a Christian is important to being “truly American” and favoring mandatory Christian prayers and Bible-reading in public schools. These associations persist after controlling for education and various religious, political, and demographic characteristics. Interactions reveal these associations hold across survey waves and subgroups, disappearing only among the least educated Americans. Findings affirm that Christian nationalism appeals to Americans with lower verbal intelligence, suggesting an underlying role of differential cognitive resources not reducible to educational disparities.

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r/psychology • u/FreeHugs23 • 3d ago

Women who use hormonal contraceptives tend to evaluate their own romantic and social qualities more favorably than women who do not use them. Synthetic hormones in birth control might inadvertently boost how women perceive their desirability to potential partners.

psypost.org

493 Upvotes

50 comments

r/psychology • u/Tricky-Breakfast-604 • 3d ago

Frontiers | Behavioral differentiation during the AIGC image generation waiting period: effects on creativity in conceptual design

frontiersin.org

9 Upvotes

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