Psychology

Does Motivated Counseling For Youths About Alcohol Work?

One form of drug counseling to help young people with drinking problems makes people in a 'we must do something' culture feel better may be of limited benefit, a new systematic review suggests.  Each year, around 320,000 people worldwide between ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2014 - 6:30pm

Happiness Is Being Schizophrenic?

Schizophrenia is among the most severe forms of mental illness yet some people are as happy as those in good mental health and happier than many, according to a paper in Schizophrenia Research. In a survey of people with the disease, researchers found tha ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2014 - 11:00am

From 4 To 14: Drawings Indicate Later Child Intelligence

In Psychological Science,  results from 7,752 pairs of identical and non-identical twins (a total of 15,504 children) from the Medical Research Council (MRC) funded Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) showed that how 4-year old children draw pictures of ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 18 2014 - 8:00pm

Love, Commitment Make Sex Better For Most Women

Love and commitment make sex physically more satisfying for many women, according to Penn State Abington sociologist Beth Montemurro. In interviews of 95 heterosexual women between the ages of 20 and 68 and from a range of backgrounds, most believed love ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2014 - 12:00pm

Sociologists Link Breastfeeding To Lower Risk Of Postnatal Depression

Survey results of over 10,000 mothers have led sociologists to conclude that women who breastfed their babies are at significantly lower risk of postnatal depression than those who do not. The paper in Maternal and Child Health notes that mothers who plann ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2014 - 6:00am

Facial Symmetry And Good Health May Not Be Related

Is beauty in the face of the beheld? Shutterstock By Richard Cook, City University London Beauty, it is said, is in the eye of the beholder. And yet, there are many faces that a majority would find beautiful, say, George Clooney’s or Audrey Hepburn’s. ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 20 2014 - 1:57pm

Do Nutrition Rating Systems Encourage Healthier Spending Habits?

Cornell University marketing researchers recently tracked the purchasing records in a supermarket chain that uses the Guiding Stars System to rate the nutritional value of foods for sale.  ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2014 - 1:05pm

Objectification In Romance Related To Sexual Pressure And Coercion

To sexually objectify someone is to focus on their body in terms of how it can provide sexual pleasure rather than viewing that person as a complete human being with thoughts and feelings. Objectification has long been considered a problem in the media- s ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2014 - 9:17pm

Weekend Science: When It Comes To Pizza Aesthetics, Cheese Matters

Most consumers have an idea of their favorite pizza and it may have nothing at all to do with taste. The imagery on television commercials is gooey cheese stretching from the pie to the slice. Marketers have always known that cheese matters and now scienc ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2014 - 3:48pm

Orgasm Rates For Single Women Less Predictable Than Men

During sex with a familiar partner, men have the highest orgasm rates- though lesbian women apparently don't do too badly. On average, men experience orgasm 85.1 percent of the time, with only slight deviation by sexual orientation but women experien ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2014 - 11:58am