Jeux vidéo et sexisme Dans les dernières années les jeux vidéo ont gagné une place toujours plus importante dans la vie des jeunes et des adultes. A tel point que les chercheurs se sont de plus en plus intéressés aux conséquences provoquées par l’utilisation des jeux vidéo. La majeure partie de ces recherches s’est […]
“Nos bonnes raisons de croire”: Connaissance, adhésion et transmission des idées conspirationnistes et des rumeurs À en croire le discours médiatique, les théories du complot et autres conspirations prolifèreraient ces dernières années et permettraient d’expliquer une grande partie des événements politiques ou socio-économiques (voir, notamment, la profusion de dossiers thématiques et autres articles de la […]
Not just a matter of culture: The influence of mandatory integration programs on perception of immigrant acculturation ABSTRACT: The integration of immigrants and the definition of what is a “suitable” immigrant are still subjects to intense debate. Research has shown that members of the national majority group consider host culture adoption by immigrants as […]
« Je suis féministe et… » : Influence de l’étiquette féministe sur la perception des femmes ABSTRACT: Ces dernières décennies ont été marquées par de nombreux progrès pour les droits des femmes. Ceux-ci n’auraient pas été possibles sans les combats des mouvements féministes, pourtant, les féministes sont, en général, perçues de manière négative et […]
The impact of supermarket status on food choices and perceptions ABSTRACT: Obesity levels are rising, and especially so in economically disadvantaged populations. People with low income live in poor neighborhoods were supermarket access and variety is limited, and tend to buy cheaper food that is often higher in calories. Hard discount supermarkets are associated […]
To read or not to read: food labels and nutrition involvement ABSTRACT: Together with the increase in obesity, the popularity of healthier foods with lower calorie and fat density have also increased. This has been coined ‘the (American) obesity paradox’. Food intake may be directly influenced by the perception of a food, like its […]
When the Past Predicts the Future: The effect of Historical Analogies on Conflict-related judgments ABSTRACT: When the Crimean crisis started to draw international focus on March 2014, former US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said that Putin’s actions were similar to “what Hitler did back in the 30’s”. Besides being among the first to effectively […]
Emotional Acculturation ABSTRACT: Patterns of emotions – how frequently and intensely people experience a range of emotions – differ across cultures in line with cultural differences in salient concerns. Therefore, changes in people’s cultural context (e.g., due to migration) may bring about changes in their patterns of emotional experience – a process we coined emotional […]
