Psychology

Black People Look Blacker In A Bad Economy, Say NYU Psychologists

Is a person's race "fixed"? It seems not. Since race is a cultural construct, perceptions of race may shift as a result of changes to the perceiver's social goals and motivations, so it always seems a little silly for sociologists to d ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 9 2014 - 5:45pm

Mortality Salience And The Trauma Curve: Soldiers Who Kill In Combat Less Likely To Be Alcoholics

Combat is correlated in some to depression and substance abuse- post-traumatic stress disorder is part of the lexicon today, real and claimed by clerks who never heard a gunshot while in the military and then a general malaise for people who had any kind ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 11 2014 - 9:17am

Sexual Behavior Is The Biggest Risk Of Growing Up With Bipolar Parents

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a burdensome conditions, known for its dramatic highs of extreme euphoria, racing thoughts and decreased need for sleep, as well as its profound lows of sadness and despair. Because it is also associated with a heightened risk of ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2014 - 3:13pm

Social Content- Irrational Herding Means Quality Content Won't Win

Which do you think gets more pageviews, sites with exaggerated titles like Upworthy or Buzzfeed, or an accurate title like this one? We know the answer. The reason is that smart sites interested in achieving an Internet critical mass don't think abou ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 11 2014 - 11:49pm

Why Is Quitting Smoking Harder For Some? It May Be In The Striatum

For some cigarette smokers, quitting is relatively easy. Some people never even really get addicted while for some, strategies to aid quitting like e-cigarettes or nicotine patches or even hypnosis work while for others nothing does.  Do they just not wan ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2014 - 12:30am

Asperger Love: Loveless Or Unloved Lovers

In time for Autistic Pride Day 18 June:     Why do people congratulate somebody? Asperger’s sufferers often do not understand this. I asked myself:   “ I’ve won the lottery, so why additionally congratulate me? If congratulation is something positive, why ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jun 16 2014 - 2:53pm

Lousy Gambler? It May Be In Your Genes, Say Marketing Academics

Marketing academics, the group who brought us the notion that hurricanes with female names are more dangerous because the patriarchy just assumes the little ladies are being hysterical and won't knock down houses, are back with the conjecture that yo ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 16 2014 - 3:18pm

Adults With Asperger Syndrome 9X More Likely To Have Suicidal Thoughts

Adults diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome are nine times more likely to have suicidal thoughts than people from the UK general population, according to a paper The Lancet Psychiatry which consisted of a survey of 374 individuals (256 men and 118 women) diag ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2014 - 7:51pm

We Like The Sweet Talk: Taste Metaphors Emotionally Engage Us

How common are taste metaphors? So common we don't even know they are metaphors. When a kind smile is described as "sweet," or a resentful comment is considered "bitter," we most likely don't even think of those words as meta ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2014 - 4:52pm

Asperger Good Yet Discriminated Against

Pathological thought can be helpful, especially the Asperger’s variety. Ludwig Wittgenstein became the arguably greatest philosopher, overseeing the postmodern. The mathematician Paul Erdös is another good example.   ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jun 26 2014 - 2:13am