Psychology

Your Brain In The Supermarket

You're out shopping for basic goods you have bought many times. Is  choosing these products a complicated decision or a simple one?  It could be complex: Factors like price, quality, and brand loyalty may run through your mind. Indeed, some scholars ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2015 - 8:00am

Deal With It- Life Is Full Of Uncertainty

Experiments dating back to the 1960s show people have less of a reaction to viewing an unpleasant image or experiencing an electric shock when they know it’s coming than when they’re not expecting it. ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 26 2015 - 11:48pm

What Is The Best Measure Of Depression Severity?

It's no surprise to most that Germanwings Flight 9525 co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who crashed the plane into a mountain, killing all of the passengers and crew, had been treated for suicidal tendencies.  ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 30 2015 - 10:23am

Confirmation Bias: Why The Moon Gets Blamed For A Lot

In ancient times, attributing effects to the moon made some sense. If it could change tides, which everyone except Galileo recognized it did, why not cause effects in people?  ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 30 2015 - 3:51pm

Suicide And Military Deployment Of Military Personnel Not Linked

The suicide rate among active duty U.S. military members has increased in the last decade and one party of politicians has contended that their opponents were pushing soldiers to suicide.  Is there any truth to it? Deployment dates for all services member ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2015 - 9:27am

Unconscious Priming Of Acceptance- Psychology's Way Of Saying Go With The Flow

You'll be a lot less frustrated if you have unconscious acceptance when regulating frustrating emotion, and have little cognitive deficit but better mood stability. That is the psychology version of 'go with the flow' because 'stuff ha ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2015 - 10:19am

Would You Kill Hitler As A Child? The Reason Men And Women Have Different Answers

When it comes to ethical dilemmas, men are typically more willing to accept harmful actions for the sake of the greater good than women. Why is that? The classic example is traveling back in time to kill Adolf Hitler as a child- the child had not yet done ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 3 2015 - 10:35am

Facial Features Shape First Impressions- And That Can Be Manipulated

A  recent paper discusses shows how rapidly formed first impressions that influence our subsequent behavior towards that person can be accurately predicted based on the physical features found in everyday images of faces, such as those found on social med ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2015 - 8:00am

Education Doesn't Bring Happiness

Getting a good education may not improve your life chances of happiness, according to new mental health research. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2015 - 3:30pm

Saying "I" And "Me" Does Not Make Someone A Narcissist

Psychology papers often make make sweeping generalizations based on weak observational studies and that has led to an alarming overuse of the term 'narcissist'.  Some people are self-centered, to be sure, but colloquial over-diagnosis of narcissi ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2015 - 9:59am