Psychology

School Climate And The Psychology Of School Violence

School violence has always been an important social issue world-wide because it poses a significant threat to the health, achievement, and well-being of students. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2013 - 3:11pm

NIMH Delivers A Kill Shot To DSM-5

The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is distancing itself from the the American Psychiatric Association and its upcoming Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). While they acknowledge that the goal of DSM "is to provid ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 4 2013 - 12:57pm

Post-Racial: Darker Skin On White People Leads To Positive Bias For Darker Skin

The Rubber Hand illusion never fails to teach us new things- not just about neuroscience, but also about culture. If you are not familiar with the Rubber Hand illusion, it shows that the combination of seeing a touch on a rubber hand and feeing a touch on ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2013 - 5:00am

Physical Strength And Political Conservatism Co-Evolved, Say Social Scientists

If you are physically strong, social science scholars believe they can predict whether or not you are more conservative than other men. This might seem obvious. Fitness takes a lot of individual initiative, the government can do all of the outreach progra ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2013 - 5:51pm

Climate Change- Emotions Run High Among College Undergraduates Taking Surveys

There's no awareness issue in climate change- almost no one on the planet hasn't heard of it or lacks an opinion. 62% of Americans believe global warming is happening- which means 38% do not. Like evolution or anti-science beliefs about genetic ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2013 - 5:16pm

Women Have 40% More Mental Health Issues, But The Gender Gap Will Soon Disappear

Dr. Daniel Freeman, professor of clinical psychology at Oxford, has good news if you believe women are more nuts than men: there is a 40% chance you are right. We know that discussing biological differences between men and women is taboo- men and women are ...

Blog Post - Hank Campbell - May 23 2013 - 12:55pm

Psychology Students Lie About Sex To Match Gender Expectations

Psychology students, male and female, lie about their sexual behavior to match the cultural expectations of how they perceive other students believe men or women should act – even though they wouldn't distort other gender-related behaviors, a new pap ...

Article - News Staff - May 29 2013 - 12:58pm

When We Hear A Baby Cry, There Are Gender Variations In Brain Activity

Researchers behind a new paper say women's brains appear to be hard-wired to respond to the cries of a hungry infant. They asked men and women to let their minds wander, then played a recording of white noise interspersed with the sounds of an infant ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 2 2013 - 7:30am

Weather Conditions Do Not Affect Fibromyalgia Pain Or Fatigue

Fibromyalgia affects up to 2% of the U.S. population, mostly older women. What is it? No one really knows, it is a blanket term for symptoms like widespread pain, unexplained fatigue, headaches, and sleep disturbances. What causes it? No one knows but sel ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 4 2013 - 1:30pm

Atheists Find Comfort In Faith Too: Belief In Science

Studies have shown that religious people are actually helped by faith in stressful situations. Oxford University psychologists suggest atheists are also helped by belief during times of crisis; the explanatory and revealing power of science increases in t ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 5 2013 - 5:19pm