Psychology

Genetic Testing In Kids- The Science Isn't Complicated But The Psychology Is

A woman coping with the burden of familial breast cancer can't help but wonder if her young daughter will suffer the same fate. Has she inherited the same disease-causing mutation? Is it better to start working on worst-case scenarios now or wait? Wh ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 5 2015 - 10:00am

How To Approach The Visually Impaired- And How Not To

As millions of visually impaired people will tell you, people with full sight often make incorrect assumptions about their capabilities. It's not mean, it's benevolent, but people are uncomfortable with not knowing what is proper decorum and some ...

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

Non-Verbal Smell Test May Be Indicator Of Autism

When we smell a rose, we might take a deep breath to get the the sweet but subtle floral scent- and in a public bathroom we would wisely do just the opposte. Yet people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) don't make this natural adjustment like other ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2015 - 7:15am

Reusable Shopping Bags Encourage Shoppers To Buy Produce-- And Junk Food

Bringing reusable bags to the grocery store brings self-identification as an environmentally friendly shopper, but it also influences the things you buy, according to a new paper in the Journal of Marketing. Reusable bags were correlated to organic food- ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 8 2015 - 7:30am

Cigarette Smoking Associated With Increased Risk Of Psychosis

We have known for some time the people suffering from schizophrenia and other psychoses smoke more than the general population. ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 11 2015 - 1:58pm

A Past That Never Was: Implanted Abuse Memories Still Cause Damage Today

When 21-year-old nurse Carol Felstead went to her doctor complaining of repeated headaches, she wasn’t just prescribed painkillers. Instead, she was referred for psychotherapy that would ultimately involve hypnosis to “recover” so-called repressed memorie ...

Article - The Conversation - Jul 13 2015 - 2:54pm

Stay Poor? Upward Mobility Is Bad For Your Health

Youth from low-income families who succeed academically and socially may actually pay a price when it comes to their health, because relentlessly pursuing goals can undermine health. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2015 - 3:22pm

Misunderstood Or Fraud? Why Doctors Should Never Recommend Homeopathy

Should doctors recommend homeopathy? Sometimes placebos work, that is why placebo has an Effect named after it and, because they are inert, they can't do any harm. But when patients or taxpayers are coughing up money for it, the issue is more murky. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 11:01am

Health Care Providers Have Sexual Orientation Biases

In what they say is the first study that looks at a variety of healthcare providers and their implicit attitudes towards lesbian women and gay men, scholars say they have found there is widespread implicit bias toward lesbian women and gay men.  ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2015 - 9:00am

Selfishness Lasts A Lifetime

Researchers studying wild banded mongooses in Uganda have discovered that these small mammals have either cooperative or selfish personalities which last for their entire lifetime. The researchers investigated the selfish behavior of mongoose mate-guardin ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 28 2015 - 4:41pm