Psychology

A Science Of Human Language- Part #4

A Science Of Human Language- Part #4 In Part #1 of this series, I suggested that a grammar heavily based in syntax was not sufficiently scientific as a general theory of how language functions. Part #2   was an overview of how linguistic error-handling pr ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 23 2009 - 10:45pm

A Science Of Human Language- Part #5

A Science Of Human Language- Part #5 This article is a continuation and expansion of the theory of mental models, introduced in part #4. ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 23 2009 - 10:43pm

Review- Pedophilia: Neuropsychological Evidence Encouraging A Brain Network Perspective

In a unique study of four previously convicted adult male pedophiles (Mage = 33.8, SD 9.7 years), utilizing structural magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and imaging genomics (neuroimaging combined with genetic analyses), the authors propose that small vari ...

Article - Laura Hult - Jun 30 2009 - 1:30pm

A Science Of Human Language- Part #6: Quistic Grammar

A Science Of Human Language- Part #6: Quistic Grammar Part #1 of this series outlines the need for an inclusive theory of language based in science.  Part #2   ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 25 2009 - 7:49pm

IQ And The Values Of Nations: Part III

The first two articles of this series have covered a brief overview of evolutionary psychology and the difficulty in defining and measuring intelligence. In the first article, I covered that we can measure what people prefer and value, but we don’t know t ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Jun 28 2009 - 11:46pm

A Science Of Human Language- Part #7

A Science Of Human Language- Part #7 ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jun 27 2009 - 3:54pm

A Science Of Human Language- Part #8

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Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 2 2009 - 5:54pm

Time Doesn't Heal All Wounds- Especially If You Keep Asking About Them

The Columbine school shooting in the US and Dawson College in Canada are examples of recent traumatic events that, due to their broad timeframe, allow researchers to examine their residual impact. The Columbine shooting occurred in 1999 and was followed by ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2009 - 9:04pm

'Live Fast,Die Young' Mentality Equals More Risky Behavior

University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Iris Borowsky, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues found that one in seven adolescents believe that it is highly likely that they will die before age 35, and this belief corresponded to more adolescents engaging in ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2009 - 9:06am

Was Michael Jackson A Pedophile?

The predictably massive postmortem analysis of Michael Jackson has focused on both his enormous talent and his spectacular strangeness. Although there is lively debate whether Jackson or Elvis Presley is the all time King of Pop, there is no question which ...

Article - Michael Bailey - Jul 2 2009 - 12:08pm