Psychology

Up Watching News, Down Playing Video Games: Spirituality Varies Throughout The Day

Does watching the news make you lose faith in a higher purpose? Does taking out an army of terrorists alone without so much as a scratch make you feel like you must have a divine gift? An analysis of cellphone data shows that spiritual awareness does vary ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2015 - 8:00am

Female Soldiers At No Greater Risk For PTSD In New Study Cohort

While past research on the question has found otherwise, a new study by Defense and Veterans Affairs researchers suggests that women in the military are at no greater risk than men for developing posttraumatic stress disorder, given similar experiences--i ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2015 - 6:30am

Apocalypse Now: Why Every Stock Market Blip Is Predicted To Our Doom

As is typical of our time, over the past few months, many newscasters have used the words apocalypse or apocalyptic to evoke the negative implications of events as diverse as the threat of Grexit, music streaming wars, an asteroid threat, the American hou ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 25 2015 - 9:00am

Will You Murder Your Wife?

Domestic homicide is one of the most common and frequent types of murder in the U.S. but murderers who kill intimate partners and family members have a significantly different psychological and forensic profile from murderers who kill people they don' ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 6:00pm

Chocolate Physics: Modeling Molecular Dynamics Could Improve Its 'Mouth Feel'

Lecithin is an ingredient that you've probably never heard of, but one that plays a vital role in the production of chocolate and many other foods. It's never been clear how this ingredient works on a molecular level, and confectioners have reli ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2015 - 9:59am

Goth Teens More Vulnerable To Depression And Self-Harm

Young people who identify with the goth subculture might be at increased risk of depression and self-harm, according to new research published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal. The findings show that teenagers who identified very strongly with being a got ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2015 - 8:24am

Medicinal Marijuana Patients Battle Stigma

Before gluten sensitivity was a running joke in popular culture, medical marijuana held the preeminent position as easy humor fodder. The reason was simple: It did nothing for glaucoma, beyond the placebo range, and though the vast majority of clinical pai ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2015 - 12:03pm

Can Black Republicans Win Black Votes? Unlikely

Are black voters more likely to vote for black candidates, regardless of political party affiliation? Not according to a paper by a scholar from the University of Cincinnati. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2015 - 7:30am

How Sports Can Help Change Perceptions Of Mental Illness

News that Sydney Swans star Lance “Buddy” Franklin, arguably the biggest name in the Australian Football League (AFL), is experiencing a mental health condition has garnered a lot of media attention. His story highlights not only the persistent stigma sur ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 10 2015 - 7:00am

Mindfulness Is An Ideal Tool To Induce Compliance

“If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.” Hsin Hsin Ming Almost every person who walks through my practice doorway is anxious in some way. And so they should be. While their anxiety might be b ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 23 2015 - 7:30am