Psychology

Violent Immersion: How 3-D Gaming Affects Player Emotions

Playing violent video games in 3-D makes everything seem more real –  and in a new study researchers found that people who played violent video games in 3-D showed more evidence of anger afterward than people who played games on 2-D systems.  That may hav ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 21 2014 - 8:42pm

It’s Art, but is it Abstract?

We have over the years read of paintings by chimpanzees, but could they be art critics also? A recent article has appeared, outlining evidence that many cognitive tasks the we take to be a function of our human intelligence can be performed just as well ( ...

Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Oct 23 2014 - 1:49am

Why Do We Find It So Hard To Write About Ourselves?

Credit: The Conversation By Jordan Gaines Lewis, Penn State College of Medicine If you’ve ever applied for a job, you know how hard it is to write the perfect cover letter that will make you stand out above all the other applicants. It’s a competitive job ...

Article - The Conversation - Oct 22 2014 - 6:30pm

Cheers To Psychology: Why A Failure To Replicate Is Good News For The Field

Psychology has endured a lot of black eyes in recent years. Numerous papers have used arbitrary interpretations of brain scans, surveys of college students and unreal levels of social priming, implicit association and motivated reasoning. It has become woo ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 23 2019 - 11:46am

The Army May Not Increase Risk Of Suicide, More Suicidal People May Join

Due to increased awareness of suicide and military life, there has been concern military lifestyle may be causing more suicides. A new study instead finds that new soldiers are twice as likely to have three or more psychological disorders, or comorbidity, ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 23 2014 - 6:28pm

Sadness Lasts 240X Longer Than Other Emotions

A new psychology paper says people feel sad up to 240 times longer than they do ashamed, surprised, irritated or even bored. The reason may be because sadness often goes hand in hand with events of greater impact such as death or accidents and so we need ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 30 2014 - 12:01pm

Sexual Fantasies: Threesomes Are Normal, Golden Showers Not So Much

Fantasizing about sex with two women is common but fantasizing about being urinated on- called a golden shower- is not. That's just one of the findings from a research project on sexual deviation undertaken by scholars at Institut universitaire en sa ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 31 2014 - 12:36am

If You Are Against Abortion, People Are Less Likely To Tell You They Had One

Abortion has been federal law in America for over 40 years, yet every election cycle politicians in Democratic Congressional districts campaign on the issue- and sociologists write about this common medical procedure. How common? So common it happens more ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 3 2014 - 3:54pm

Good Science Is Not Enough: To Succeed In Academia, Grad Students Need To Work The System

There are a number of government-funded campaigns to promote more participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields, with the promise that a PhD means basic discovery and improving the human condition. Yet what is left out of expens ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 4 2014 - 2:00pm

Inspiration Or Self-Loathing? Why Do Women Buy Magazines That Promote Glamorous Body Images?

Fashion and beauty magazines are tremendously successful, as are television ad campaigns where women who are 5'10" and weigh 120 lbs. model jeans. Clearly, most women do not look like that and never will, so why do they buy magazines and clothes ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2014 - 3:22pm