Psychology

Finding Racism Somewhere, Anywhere

If you're in the racism industry, an icy chill has gone down your spine in 2009, with an African-American president and both major political parties run by black people.     As always, a psychologist will find an answer for how society can do those th ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 23 2009 - 10:48am

Mindset: Would You Buy Fei-Chang Over Coca Cola?

Some consumers will opt for local products and others always prefer global brands.   A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research takes a look at why local goods can even beat out recognizable global brands like Coke or Pepsi. "Due to rapid globali ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 31 2009 - 11:46am

Spanking Your Lover Improves Intimacy? Finally, Sadomasochism Gets Its Own Science Study

Spanking, flagellation and cockbinding; researchers at the University of Northern Illinois have been very naughty in their attempt to quantify physiological responses to sadomasochistic activities.  In their Archives of Sexual Behavior publication, the str ...

Article - Hayley Mann - Apr 3 2009 - 2:16pm

Can A Milkshake Cure Anorexia? Maudsley Approach Versus Family Systems Therapy

Getting your teenager to drink a chocolate milkshake isn't hard in most families but it is a difficult treatment approach for families who have a daughter with anorexia nervosa.   Known as Behavioral Family Therapy or the Maudsley Approach, it calls o ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2009 - 9:26pm

The Marshmallow Test: How 4-year-olds Can Help Elucidate Willpower

Update: check out this YouTube video- about 2:55 in, the cute kid videos start. Can you increase your willpower? Can high levels of willpower lead to greater success in life? Columbia University psychologist Walter Mischel says yes. In the 1960s, Mischel ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - May 31 2010 - 11:37am

Is Bugs Bunny Making Your Child A Killer?

A team of Oregon State University researchers say they have implemented a classroom-based intervention that reduces the amount of violent TV that children watch- by 18 percent among first- through fourth-grade children.  And that's good, they say, bec ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 8 2009 - 9:53pm

Components Of Mind According To Ancient Scriptures Of India

ABSTRACT: The components (or faculties) of mind according to ancient scriptures are explained with inferences and interpretations. Connection of the components with states of mind known as dreamless sleep, sleep with dreams, wakefulness, trance and para-tr ...

Blog Post - Siva Prasad - Apr 10 2009 - 9:48pm

How Are Words Pretty Or Ugly?

If words were people, then "eloquent," "love" and "symphony" would get dates most Friday nights but "vomit," "moist" and "puke" would stay home alone, wondering what went wrong.  How are words pre ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2009 - 12:33am

Scales Of Depravity, Part 1: The Rock Of Love

I was inadvertently exposed to the filth and depravity of VH1's "Rock of Love Bus," also known as STDs on Wheels, when I turned on my TV to watch the (relatively) innocent and science-fueled Big Bang Theory. If you feel like dropping 150 IQ ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Apr 14 2009 - 3:50pm

Misperceptions Cloud Understanding Of Weather Forecasts

If Mark Twain were alive today he might rephrase his frequently cited observation about everyone talking about the weather but not doing anything about it to say, "Everyone reads or watches weather forecasts, but many people don't understand them ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2009 - 10:40pm