Psychology

The One Bipartisan Thing Left In America: Belief Superiority

High taxes or low taxes, anti-global warming or anti-GMO. You can often figure out how an American votes by asking their stance on a few issues. The government is currently in the middle of a shutdown because neither side remembers what bipartisan means. ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 7 2013 - 11:19am

Estrogen-Related Receptor Linked To Eating Disorder Risk

Eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are primarily cultural but the search is also on for a biological disposition that would confirm it outside primarily middle-class white girls in developed nations. Eating disorders are found i ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2013 - 1:30pm

Another Thing To Blame Your Mother For: Postpartum Depression Spans Generations

A transgenerational study with female rats suggests that exposure to social stress not only impairs a mother's ability to care for her children but can also negatively impact her daughter's ability to provide maternal care to future offspring.  ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2013 - 2:30pm

Children Understand Sarcasm Early- Because They Learn Empathy

America and the UK are sarcastic nations. Maybe they care too much. Children learn early to recognize sarcasm, especially if they have greater empathy, according to a new study. For children, sarcastic language can be difficult to understand, but they gen ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2013 - 5:05pm

Women Think Kissing Is More Important- Attractive People Do Too

Kissing helps us size up potential partners and, once in a relationship, may be a way of getting a partner to stick around, according to psychologists in a new paper. The scholars set up an online questionnaire in which over 900 adults answered questions ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2013 - 11:07pm

Set A Bedtime, Stick To It, Have Fewer Behavioral Problems In Children

Children with irregular bedtimes are more likely to have behavioral difficulties. finds a study in Pediatrics, because it can disrupt natural body rhythms and cause sleep deprivation, undermining brain maturation and the ability to regulate certain conduc ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 15 2013 - 7:00am

The Science Of Change

If you walk by the checkout counters at most supermarkets,you might come to believe that changing your behavior is almost impossible.   Every month, the headlines from countless magazines scream out with advice to lose weight, get in shape, and help yours ...

Article - Art Markman - Oct 21 2013 - 6:30am

Herd Mentality: Mutual Fund Managers Flock Together

As we near the end of 2013, if a mutual fund manager does not have successful Company X- be it Netflix or anything else that has done well this year- the owners of the mutual fund shares are going to have a lot of questions. As a result of that competitiv ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2013 - 2:57pm

Cinema Science: Advertising Effect Derailed By Oral Interference

Advertising relies on repetition because some repetition increases likability.  While established brands can coast a little- you never see advertising for Dinty Moore Beef Stew because it is awesome- new brands rely on gaining popularity due to excessive e ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 24 2013 - 1:35pm

Fibromyalgia: Young People Report Worse Symptoms Than Older Ones

It's counterintuitive but young and middle-aged fibromyalgia patients report worse symptoms and poorer quality of life than older patients, accordin to Mayo Clinic results. Fibromyalgia is a non-specific disorder,  characterized by widespread musculo ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 27 2013 - 1:20pm