BPS Research Digest
Your free, fortnightly roundup of the latest psychology research from the British Psychological Society.

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Americans Simultaneously Hold Both Positive And Negative Stereotypes About Atheists
By Emily Reynolds. Participants believed atheists to be fun and open-minded, at the same time as finding them immoral.
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Phone Fears And Dolphin Directions: The Week’s Best Psychology Links
Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web In 2001, Air Transat Flight 236 lost…
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Our Brains “See” Beams Of Motion Emanating From People’s Faces Towards The Object Of Their Attention
By Sofia Deleniv. Phenomenon may explain appeal of “extramission” theories of vision — and of mythical creatures with killer glares.
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Dolphins’ Personality Traits Are Surprisingly Similar To Our Own
By Emma Young. Like humans, bottlenose dolphins show personality domains of openness, agreeableness and sociability, researchers claim, though not neuroticism.
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Belief In Conspiracy Theories Is Associated With Lower Levels Of Critical Thinking
By Emily Reynolds. But conspiracy-minded participants still rated themselves highly on critical thinking, despite differences.