Post-game depression: New study reveals emotional toll of finishing video games
Post-game depression (P-GD) is a type of grief resembling parting with a loved one or the end of an important life stage, and fans of role-playing games are most susceptible, according to researchers who developed the first tool to measure this phenomenon.
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Russian disinformation aims to destroy trust in the state, says Polish academic
Russian disinformation campaigns are designed to weaken societies by destroying public trust in their own states and institutions, according to a researcher from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.
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Body fat influences voice pitch and loudness, Polish study shows
Body fat affects the human voice, making women’s voices louder and giving men’s voices a “brighter” tone, according to research by Polish anthropologist Łukasz Pawelec, PhD, of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences.
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Playing chess can improve self-awareness and life skills, study shows
Playing chess can help develop self-awareness and even change life patterns, research focused on how female students applied lessons from chess to understanding their own behaviours has shown.
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Russia uses disinformation to target Eastern Europe, Poland at risk, expert warns
Russia is waging a “new Cold War” in the information space, using disinformation to influence public opinion in Eastern Europe and potentially target Poland, a leading expert at Poland’s University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn said.
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Children score higher on grammar tests in face-to-face settings than online, researchers find
Children performing grammar tests achieve higher average scores when assessed face-to-face than when tested online, according to analyses by the Language and Humour Research Team at the Institute of Psychology of the Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw.
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Consumer culture pushes teenagers toward materialism and worsens mental health, psychologist warns
Teenagers are growing up in a consumer culture that promotes material success as the main path to happiness, which may harm their well-being, says psychologist Anna Maria Zawadzka from University of Gdańsk.
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Polish study finds infant speech development closely linked to whole-body movement
Speech development in the first year of life is closely linked to movements of the entire body, and infants’ first sounds are almost always accompanied by intense limb activity, according to researchers from the BabyLab team at the Institute of Psychology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
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‘Letting children play is crucial for their development’, says psychologist
Self-directed play is a key component of early childhood development and should be allowed to proceed without interruption so children can create their own scenarios and practise regulatory skills, according to research led by Natalia Józefacka, PhD, of SWPS University.
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We value honesty but consider 'prosocial liars' more moral, study finds
While honesty is widely valued, people tend to perceive so-called prosocial liars - those who bend the truth to avoid hurting others - as more moral, according to a study by psychologists.
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