Psychology

Indoor Tanning Beds Linked To Bulimia In Teens

A new paper has linked unhealthy weight control behavior, like vomiting and diet pills, to indoor tanning among high school students. Another supposed problem for middle class white girls? Not so, say the authors in the Journal of Developmental&Behavi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 4 2014 - 5:36pm

Carl Jung And Darth Vader: Antihero Affectations May Get You On A Mass Murderer Watch List

Sorry Batman, the dark knight persona is going exactly where Frank Miller predicted it would three decades ago in "The Dark Knight Returns"- you are going to be labeled an over-medicated, mentally disturbed sociopath. The over-medicated may be ri ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2014 - 11:35am

Paternal Obesity Linked To Child Autism

Is there a link between maternal obesity during pregnancy and the risk of developmental disorders in a child? In the wide world of epigenetics and causalation there can be, because no one can prove there can't be. However, if obesity is a link at all ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2014 - 12:34pm

Hereditary Trauma

A phenomenon has long been believed in psychology: traumatic experiences induce behavioral disorders that are passed down from one generation to the next, a kind of psychological epigenetics. Recently, neuroscientists have set out to understand what physi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2014 - 4:17pm

Idioscenic Conjecture

Idioscenic Conjecture I am posting some ideas here to promote discussion of the psychology of conspiracism. I suggest that the mere fact of knowing that some events have been caused by C may overly influence an observer to look first for C even if an indi ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Apr 13 2014 - 6:43pm

Post-Partum Depression Hits Dads Too

Because the majority of prescriptions for depression, are given to women, men don't get a lot of concern, but depression can hit young fathers hard and the symptoms can increase dramatically during the formative years of children. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2014 - 5:54pm

Dogs Benefit Families Of Children With Autism

Should you get a pet? If so, a dog or a cat?  For families of children with autism, the decision may have gotten a little easier. A University of Missouri nurse has studied dog ownership decisions in families of children with autism and found, regardless ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2014 - 3:36pm

Puppet Plagiarism- Copycats Are Just Not Cute

Kids know it is wrong to steal stuff- they also seem to know it's wrong to steal an idea. They just discover it a little later. University of Washington psychologist Kristina Olson and colleagues discovered that preschoolers often don't view a co ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 15 2014 - 1:58pm

In-Group Or Out-Group: The Status Of The Other May Influence What Is An Atrocity

Why is Edward Snowden a villain to some people while the same people regard Bradley Manning as a hero? Why do so many people say they never thought it could happen if someone they know commits a crime? When is an atrocity not remembered that way at all? A ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2014 - 10:30am

The Impact Of A False-Positive Mammogram On Women's Well-being

Anywhere from 40 to 60 percent of women who undergo routine screening mammography during a ten-year period will experience a false-positive mammogram. They then suffer anxiety while they undergo additional testing, sometimes involving a biopsy, to confirm ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2014 - 9:54am