Psychology

No Driver License To Anybody Unaware Of Some Consciousness Research

Car accidents are the number one killer of teenagers in America!  There is something that should have been done a long time ago and that would help all drivers and of course their "victims".  We don’t do it, because people are afraid to doubt th ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Dec 1 2013 - 11:21pm

Having Facebook Friends Is So Stressful

A large number of friends on Facebook has been linked to higher levels of stress, according to surveys compiled by the University of Edinburgh Business School which found that the more groups of people in someone's Facebook friends, the greater poten ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 26 2012 - 6:00pm

People Make Moral Evaluations Instantly, Brain Study Shows

When people witness a hurtful action they make a moral determination based on whether it is intentional or accidental instantly, according to a new paper. The paper says the brain is hard-wired to recognize when another person is being intentionally harme ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 2 2012 - 12:45pm

Rigid Fearfulness Linked To Autism Severity

Most people learn when to be afraid and when things are not as bad as they might have once seemed but some new research on autism shows that children with the diagnosis don't easily let go of old, outdated fears and that this rigid fearfulness is lin ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 30 2012 - 1:00pm

Obese Kids Love Junk Food Advertisements

Can advertising make kids fat?  Childhood obesity rates have tripled in the past 30 years and food marketing has been implicated as one factor contributing to this trend.  A week after the Hostess company, makers of Twinkies, went bankrupt, a member of Co ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 30 2012 - 9:30am

Thermography: Lying And The Thermal Footprint Of Flamenco

It sounds as suspect as every other lie detector test, but psychologists have used thermography, a technique based on determining body temperature, to determine if someone is telling the truth. They say a person telling a lie has been shown to undergo a & ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2012 - 1:00pm

Nostalgia Can Make You Feel Warmer, Say Psychologists

If you can't afford heat during the ongoing economic malaise, there is some good news; psychology surveys show that students who think about happier times are warmer. The results, published in Emotion, used college students in China and the Netherlan ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2012 - 12:00pm

No Cabbage? The Memory Of A Good Meal Can Fill Your Belly

If your pockets are empty and you have no money for roast beast this Christmas, there may still be hope. You could try remembering a better dinner and trick your brain into feeling full. That's episodic memory. The memory of having eaten a large meal ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2012 - 7:12pm

How To Tell A Better Lie

Lying, like anything else, can be done pretty well with some practice.  Just like not everyone can be a world class pianist but everyone can sound decent with some time and effort, with a little work, one could learn to tell a lie that may be indistinguis ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2012 - 11:42am

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Works Where Antidepressants Alone Don't- Study

Antidepressants are the most widely used treatment for people with moderate to severe depression but up to two thirds of people with depression don't respond fully to antidepressants. A new paper in The Lancet says cognitive behavioral therapy reduce ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 8 2012 - 7:30am