Psychology

A CNN headline reads "Kids of lesbians have fewer behavioral problems, study suggests". Interesting, but wait... The study, published Monday in the journal Pediatrics, followed 78 lesbian couples…

“An overall cognitive deficit is not a defining feature of autism. “ –Amiet et al. (2008)…“Another difference between past and present autism diagnosis involves the presence of intellectual…

Using an implicit task, researchers monitored how people automatically responded to words – in this case, whether they find it easier to link words referring to their partner to words with pleasant…

Are you a bold personality?  High self-esteem, action-oriented, eager, tenacious?  If so, you are more likely to be a religious extremist when anxiety occurs, according to findings by…

"Another difference between past and present autism diagnosis involves the presence of intellectual disabilities, adds Yeargin-Allsopp. During the 1960s and 1970s, the vast majority of those…

I've been a blog slacker and for that I deserve a spanking. My vote is from the capable hands of the UCLA women's volleyball team. But that's another story. Here's the real story: country music kills…

"Empathy is one of those skills autistic children typically lack; this boy wasn’t supposed to be aware of his teachers’ frustration." --"The New Face of Autism Therapy"The idea that autistics lack…

Occasionally, as a mother of three on the spectrum and an active autism-related blogger, I need a break from all things autism. Just as the psychology of religion is one of my areas of interest, so…

Given that the brain is something of a mystery, almost anything that works is worth doing, even if it ends up being the same as a placebo. Meditation is often linked to beneficial effects, though no…

When I did my master's degree, I split my areas of interest: my thesis and several projects leading up to it focused on a fairly complex intersection of how personality traits, explanatory style,…