Psychology

St. Johns Wort Helps With Major Depression- Systematic Review

New research provides support for the use of St. John’s wort extracts in treating major depression- Cochrane Systematic Review backs up previous research that showed the plant extract is effective in treating mild to moderate depressive disorders. Extracts ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2008 - 1:48pm

Superstition, Pattern-Seeking And Loss Of Personal Control

A couple of days ago I went to see  Religulous, the investigative documentary by Bill Maher into why people believe weird things about religion. I enjoyed Maher’s laid back approach much better than the Dawkins-Hitchens style hard nose atheism, unfortunat ...

Article - Massimo Pigliucci - Oct 7 2008 - 10:16am

Abusive Boyfriends Get Their Own Study

A new study sheds light on the lives of teenage boys who abuse their girlfriends. In their own words, the young men often describe facing challenges such as growing up with troubled family lives, having little or no support when they began to fail at schoo ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 14 2008 - 8:32pm

Seven Ways To Take Control Of Financial Angst In An Uncertain Economy

Newswise — With the economy in crisis and foreclosures at an all time high, financial anxiety among Americans seems to be soaring to new heights. In a poll distributed by the American Psychological Association (APA) to more than 1,700 U.S. adults, eight o ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 17 2008 - 12:43am

Prosody- Facial Expressions Are Worth 1,000 Words

The extra layer of information that you add to a message when speaking is called prosody. The most important conclusion is that prosody lies not only in the voice but also in the facial expression. Further it appears that auditory and visual information to ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 19 2008 - 12:57am

Florida, Ohio Voters More Ambivalent Due To Heavy Campaigning In Election 2008

Heavy advertising by both Democratic and Republican presidential candidates during the 2008 election may actually make voters in battleground states more confused about which candidate to vote for, a new study suggests.  A nationwide study found that voter ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 20 2008 - 12:31pm

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) People More Likely To Be Addicted To Cigarettes

Young people with Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are not only at increased risk of starting to smoke cigarettes, they also tend to become more seriously addicted to tobacco and more vulnerable to environmental factors such as having friend ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 21 2008 - 1:54pm

ADHD Kids Linked To Higher Divorce Rate

You know how people always tell kids it's not their fault when parents get divorced?  It may be partly their fault when it comes to kids with ADHD kids, according to results of a new study in the October issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 21 2008 - 6:35pm

Cortisol For Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?

Cortisol helps our bodies cope with stress, but what about its effects on the brain? A new study appearing in the October 15th issue of Biological Psychiatry, says that in an animal model of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), high doses of a cortisol-re ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2008 - 8:33pm

Religiosity More Important In Battling Depression Than Church Attendance

Those who worship a higher power often do so in different ways. Whether they are active in their religious community, or prefer to simply pray or meditate, new research out of Temple University suggests that a person's religiousness – also called reli ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 23 2008 - 12:56pm