Psychology

Why Evolutionary Psychology Pisses You Off (And Why Maybe It Shouldn't)

If you want to irritate a lot of people at once, write an article about evolutionary psychology. Publishing such an article will invariably provoke a firestorm of denunciations and criticisms. Given the vehemence of these attacks, you couldn’t be blamed fo ...

Article - Michael W. Taft - Mar 2 2012 - 11:20pm

Book Review: Cindy Ariel's Loving Someone With Asperger's Syndrome

Part guidebook, part workbook, Ariel's book for neurotypical partners is sure to be considered a boon for spouses who know almost nothing about Asperger's Syndrome. Written by   Cindy Ariel, a licensed  psychologist  who provides therapy for a v ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Mar 3 2012 - 12:26pm

How to win hearts (votes) and approval in democracy?

If scientists could develop modelling system to predict the yield of a crop in particular area and time by calculating parameters of soil moisture, soil pH, rainfall, temperature range etc there should be some psychological method to gauze the mind of a vo ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Mar 6 2012 - 1:06pm

Requiem for Humanity — Predestination

PREDESTINATION ...

Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Mar 7 2012 - 3:14pm

Requiem for Humanity — Human Instincts

HUMAN INSTINCTS ...

Blog Post - Alan Hoshor - Mar 8 2012 - 5:53pm

This Is The Song That Never Ends: Facilitated Communication

Yesterday, I  wrote a post  about how facebook is a rapid, easy way to spread misinformation and pseudoscience, and the difficulties in figuring out how to respond to pseudoscience when you see it. I wasn't specific about what triggered it, but I reac ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Mar 26 2012 - 10:21am

Can Getting Drunk Make You More Conservative?

Wait, a study claims drinking alcohol makes you less likely to throw cultural caution to the wind and spend stupidly? Does. Not. Compute. Unless it's social psychology, but even then no one is believing it unless they are one of the people writing abo ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 26 2012 - 8:50pm

As Death Nears, Atheists Less Likely To Deny Religion

Atheists like to think they are more rational people but, as death approaches, they secretly play the irrational odds, according to n ew work which suggests that when even non-religious people think about their own death and consciously still seem to be mo ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2012 - 11:30am

You Knew This: ADD And ADHD Over-Diagnosed

What  the public and even experts suspected is now supported by representative data collected by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) and University of Basel: ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, has been over-diagnosed. New studies show ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 2 2012 - 11:55pm

Misperception And Weight Loss: If You Don't Think You Are Fat, You Won't Lose Weight

Self-esteem programs have worked.  Of 3,500 college applicants, more than a third couldn't report their weight accurately. The heavier they were, the less accurate their estimates. Overweight and obese men were even more likely to underestimate their ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2012 - 10:00pm