Dr. Catharine Winstanley (left)
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Men place less value on care-oriented careers like nursing
Men assign less importance to care-oriented careers than women do, possibly because men internalize different values than women, suggests research from graduate student Katharina Block and Dr. Toni Schmader. More
Lure of the ‘loot box’ looks a lot like gambling
Research from graduate student Gabriel Brooks and Dr. Luke Clark found that loot boxes, an increasingly popular feature of modern video games, is attracting gamers who share the beliefs and behaviours of problem gamblers. More
Casino lights and sounds encourage risky decision-making
Research by postdoctoral researcher Dr. Mariya Cherkasova and Dr. Catharine Winstanley showed that blinking lights and jingles in casinos may encourage risky decision-making and promote problem gambling behaviour. More
Babies can learn link between language and ethnicity
A study by Dr. Lillian May and Dr. Janet Werker showed that infants as young as eleven-months-old can learn to associate the language they hear with ethnicity. More
Downward head tilt can make people seem more dominant
Findings by graduate student Zachary Witkower and Dr. Jessica Tracy show that facial features aren’t the only source of this information—we also draw social inferences from the head itself. More
People think and behave differently in virtual reality than they do in real life
Immersive virtual reality (VR) can be remarkably lifelike, but research Dr. Alan Kingstone and colleagues has found a yawning gap between how people respond psychologically in VR and how they respond in real life. More
