Psychology

Knowledge of a Person’s Personality Influences Face Identity Perception

Do Vladimir Putin and Justin Bieber look alike? They do if you think they have similar personalities, shows a new study by a team of psychologists. Its findings, which appear in the journal Cognition, reveal that knowledge of a person's personality can influence the perception of a face's identity and bias it toward unrelated identities.

Infants Link Language and Cognition, Whether the Language Is Spoken or a Sign Language

Stressed Teens Benefit from Coping Online, but a Little Goes a Long Way

Feeling Like Leisure Is Wasteful May Lead To Poorer Mental Health Outcomes, Research Suggests

Feeling like leisure is wasteful and unproductive may lead to less happiness and higher levels of stress and depression, new research suggests. In a series of studies, researchers examined the effects of a common belief in modern society: that productivity is the ultimate goal and time's a-wasting if you're just having fun.