Psychology

Muslim terrorists and the Klu Klux Klan share one thing in common; they claim to be religious even though the ideas they promote (and in the case of the former, the actions they take) are not very…

A new study has found that people who play action video games such as the "Call of Duty" or "Assassin's Creed" seem to learn a new sensorimotor skill faster than non-gamers do. Sorry, Bungie, "…

Intuitive processes may underlie decisions of those who help others while risking their own lives. Credit: AAresTT/Shutterstock By Penny Orbell, The Conversation If you noticed a person in grave…

In modern culture, boys are often slighted; girls get billions devoted to their welfare while boys are the default excuse for whatever is wrong. Almost every television show that has a tough woman…

Let me first say that I am not a medical doctor. However, as the founder and CEO of an addiction treatment center, I sit on the front-lines of the prescription painkiller epidemic. From this vantage…

Do you believe in science? Most people do. Some even say they 'accept' science, since that sounds less faith-oriented than 'believe', but ask most science-accepting atheists and fundamentalist Imams…

Stick 'em up. Credit: Me2, CC BY-NC-SA By Toby Miller, Cardiff University October 9 2014 was a big day in eco-activism: Lego announced that it would not renew a product-placement deal with Shell,…

Psychologists recently carried out hundreds of mock police lineups to determine the most successful procedure for identification of criminals. Inaccurate identification can obviously lead to the…

Some people are so obsessed with their food it smacks of zealotry. They might eat only a certain kind of fish cooked on a certain piece of wood.  They might even believe that they can taste the…

Adolescence is often a turbulent time for both genders, marked by biological changes and substantially increased rates of depressive symptoms. But girls seem to take it a lot harder and a new paper…