Psychology

Timing Is (almost) Everything When It Comes To Scene Memory

The ability to remember a briefly presented scene depends on a number of factors, such as its saliency, novelty, degree of threat, or behavioral relevance to a task. Generally, attention is thought to be key, in that people can only remember part of a visu ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 16 2010 - 4:04pm

IQ and common sense

Someday,when the building block thoughts of the mind, the picture thoughts Temple Grandin wrote about and the ones high functioning autistic people build upon are generally known about, common sense will be common for every one. In fact it will be able to ...

Blog Post - Rich Shull - Mar 17 2010 - 9:57am

Autism And Vaccines: Why People Still Believe The Hype

Early last month, the now-famous paper by Dr Andrew Wakefield that supposedly linked vaccines to the onset of Autism, was formally retracted by the Lancet, the journal that published it back in 1998. This was a monumental decision, considering it was the c ...

Article - Andrea Kuszewski - Mar 31 2010 - 4:37pm

'Bystander Sexism' Affects How Women Think Of Men

When men make sexist comments, they insult all women within earshot and negatively influence how they feel towards men in general, say researchers writing in Sex Roles. The University of Connecticut team examined women's reactions to overhearing a cat ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2010 - 10:57am

Vocalizing Positive Emotions: Socially Learned Or Evolved?

Humans use a wide range of cues, both verbal and non-verbal, to communicate different emotions. But vocalizing some positive emotions may be a socially learned behavior, as opposed to a product of evolution, according to a new study in PNAS that looked at ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2010 - 1:37pm

Crushed Dreams Don't Cause Depression, Sociologists Say

Despite several social psychological theories that suggest otherwise, failing to meet educational goals does not result in depression, say sociologists from Floria and Kansas State Universities. Their study in American Sociological review indicates that ma ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2010 - 11:13am

What Makes Men So Reckless? Women, Study Confirms

If the idea was ever in doubt, psychologists writing in Social Psychological and Personality Science say they have confirmed that pretty girls make boys do dumb things. Specifically, they say the presence of an attractive woman elevates testosterone levels ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 19 2010 - 11:31am

The Optic Nerve- the flipper of human thoughts

This will be all greek to everyone. From Rich Shull Once hailed as the next Temple Grandin. ...

Blog Post - Rich Shull - Mar 19 2010 - 1:12pm

re writing medical history again.

Proper contemporary psychologist claim all the injuries of the autistc people are psyco- somatic meaning we just think we are hurt.  In reality are bodies only feel 8-9-10 on the pain scale.  That means we have lastose intoeance presenting as something awf ...

Blog Post - Rich Shull - Mar 21 2010 - 1:48pm

Is This The Effect Women Have on Men?

Just being in the presence of attractive women make men do stupid things-  or at least take more risks, according to a study published in Social Psychological and Personality Science. According to researchers, testosterone levels increased in men when attr ...

Blog Post - Andrea Kuszewski - Mar 21 2010 - 9:30pm