Psychology

Quality People Avoid Companies That Screen Social Media Accounts

A recent paper from North Carolina State University found that companies that screen the social media accounts of job applicants alienate potential employees – making it harder for them to attract top job candidates.   In some cases, social media screenin ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 2 2013 - 3:54pm

Violent Video Games Make Teens Eat More And Cheat More- Psychologists

Playing violent video games not only increases aggression, it also leads to less self-control and more cheating, according to  a paper in Social Psychological and Personality Science. The psychologists found that teens who played violent video games ate m ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 25 2013 - 1:10pm

Black Friday: When It Comes To Retailers, Goodwill Has A Short Shelf Life

It's Black Friday in the US- the day after Thanksgiving and was once the beginning of the Christmas season. That means a lot of shopping and that means a lot of anxiety about local retailers versus online vendors. It turns out that local stores, espe ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 29 2013 - 7:30am

Moral Outrage Has A Big Impact On Jurors

Trials are often as partially showmanship along with the facts- both attorneys are trying to pick jurors who are most likely to go their way. Moral outrage may be a secret weapon. The last time you were morally outraged you probably felt felt angry, but d ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2013 - 4:03pm

Smart Like A Crocodile?

The crocodile is a pretty shrewd hunter- they even use lures to hunt their prey, according to Vladimir Dinets, assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and colleagues, who say they have observed two crocod ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 4 2013 - 6:41pm

You Don't Need To Take Pictures Of Everything- And Taking Photos May Impede Memory

Visit a museum these days and you'll see people using their smartphones and cameras to take pictures of works of art, archeological finds, historical artifacts, and every other object and most of them will never be looked at again. Even worse, while ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2013 - 10:55am

For Elites Only: Half Of Psychiatrists Won't Take Health Insurance

A standard joke among the elites of New York City And Los Angeles is that everyone is in therapy- it's possible because they are likely more rich and, it turns out, many psychiatrists are not interested in patients who aren't wealthy enough to n ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 12 2013 - 7:03pm

Income Inequality Is Rising, But Not Equally, Or As Fast As Some Claims

Americans' perceptions of income inequality are largely over-inflated due to political and cultural grandstanding, at least when compared with actual census data. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 16 2013 - 10:44am

Acupuncture Eases Hot Flashes Due To Breast Cancer Chemo- Even When It's Not Acupuncture

Sometimes you just have to believe. Acupuncture has proven to be effective, though it isn't actually being done. When it comes to hot flashes due to breast cancer treatment, even skin pricks used to simulate acupuncture needle sticks might be enough t ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 26 2013 - 2:29pm

Is Obesity A Socially Transmitted Disease? Study Finds Social Norms Influence Food Choices

According to a paper in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, obesity may be a socially transmitted disease. Something has to explain why Samoa leads the world in obesity at 75 percent of the population- and they are proud of it ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 1 2014 - 10:20am