Psychology

Addiction Recovery Means A Lot Of Sleepless Nights

Addiction recovery has numerous pitfalls and the inability to sleep only compounds the risk of relapse, so persistent insomnia is a concern, write researchers in the Journal of Addiction Medicine. The authors believe that the incidence of insomnia in earl ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2014 - 8:30am

More Gambling Does Not Lead To More Gambler Addiction- Study

Online gambling has exploded in the last decades and several states, hungry for more revenue without direct taxes, have approved measures to legalize various types of gambling. Critics contend that will lead to more crime and more broken homes due to gamb ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 5 2014 - 5:31pm

In Modern Leaders, Looking Healthy Is More Important Than Looking Smart

John F. Kennedy didn't just win the presidential election in 1960 because an alarming number of dead people in Chicago and Texas voted for him, it was only close in the first place because his debate with Vice-President Richard Nixon was televised- a ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 6 2014 - 9:30am

Liberals Make Emotional Decisions, Conservatives Make Reasoned Ones, Say Psychologists

If you voted for a Democrat this week, it may not be because of the issues, it may be because your emotions caused you to gloss over facts, according to a paper in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Emotions are obviously powerful forces in human ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 7 2014 - 10:16am

"Chemical Farmers": Profits Are So High, Why Don't More Farmers Switch To Organic?

Organic food has quietly become a Big Ag behemoth. Everyone talks about video games and the film industry, for example, but Big Organic dwarfs them both in revenue and by next year it will be a $100 billion juggernaut. The increase is partly because more ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 22 2014 - 11:02am

Assertive Female Sexuality Is Often Pathologized

Sharon Stone, in Basic Instinct, dramatized the catastrophic actions of a clever yet unhinged woman. EPA/ Peter Foley By Suzie Gibson Mental illness and women’s sexuality are frequently aligned – on screen and off. The father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Fr ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 11 2014 - 6:00pm

Too Much Self Esteem Harms Kids' Relationships At School

Did you spend those pre-school years telling your child how smart and wonderful they are? School is going to be an unwelcome dose of reality.  While we all want kids to be self-confident, unrealistic perceptions of academic abilities can be harmful, a new ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2014 - 11:31am

Personality Predicts Our Driving Behavior

Different people behave in different ways behind the wheel of a car. Flickr/ Nuno Sousa, CC BY-NC-ND By Vanessa Beanland, Australian National University and Martin Sellbom, Australian National University ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 12 2014 - 5:01pm

Personal Social Media Usage Impacts Work Performance

With over one billion people worldwide using social media, including 80 percent of employees using private sharing sites at work, members have been scrambling to insist that not only does it not negatively affect their work performance, but that it improv ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 13 2014 - 10:24am

The Power Of The Christmas Ad To Win Over (And Lose) Customers

Magic and sparkle? Diliff, CC BY By Isabelle Szmigin, University of Birmingham As well as the tell-tale signs of decorations going up, the rolling out of Christmas advertisements has become a key moment for getting us all in the seasonal mood. And the com ...

Article - The Conversation - Nov 24 2014 - 7:31am