Psychology

Slender Women Fear Getting Fat

Slender Women Fear Getting Fat

Slender women worry about packing on extra weight, say Brigham Young University researchers who used MRI technology to observe what happened in the brain when people viewed images of complete…
Jealousy Can Blind You, Literally

Jealousy Can Blind You, Literally

University of Delaware psychologists say that jealously may literally impair vision. In a recent study published in Emotion, the researchers found that women who were made to feel jealous were so…
Unfinished picture thoughts

Unfinished picture thoughts

Picture thoughts -before they are converted correctly to words. Eonverye taht can raed tihs rsaie yuor hnad.. To my 'selected' strange-minded friends: If you can read the following paragraph,…
Arthur & Autism Planet With Indy

Arthur & Autism Planet With Indy

The PBSKids show "Arthur" ran an episode featuring a new character, Carl, who has Aspergers Syndrome.  Aspergers is either an autism-like condition or a form of high-functioning autism,…
Testing For Autism Pain Tolerance

Testing For Autism Pain Tolerance

From the dark ages of autism when we did some sort of traditional life.  Experience is the only teacher in life and the experts of autism just can't fathom the ideal (nor can contemporary…
autism Hero invents Computer /WWII hero

autism Hero invents Computer /WWII hero

Alan Turing 1912-1954 Alan Turing an autisitc guy from the glory days of Autism before the Rain Man Era Curse was able to absently overcome autism and like many of us learned a different kind of…
Autism  Awareness -Pain tolerance

Autism Awareness -Pain tolerance

A loose quote or two from and old Autism of America  handout sheets that were pre Rain Man. "Non cuddly babies that will not move to be comfortable in mothers arms" "pain toleance - shows…
Does Christianity Encourage Racism?

Does Christianity Encourage Racism?

Psychologists at Baylor University say that people primed with Christian concepts are likely to express  racial prejudice and general negative views toward African-Americans. The researchers…