Psychology

Music Therapy Helps Young Cancer Patients Cope

A new study has found that  a therapeutic music process that includes writing song lyrics and producing videos helps adolescents and young adults undergoing cancer treatment gain coping skills and resilience-related outcomes. ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 27 2014 - 9:23am

Calling Obesity A Disease May Do More Harm Than Good

There are efforts to label obesity as a mental illness and a physical addiction. While that's good for psychologists who want get eating therapy paid by insurance claims, it may undermine healthy behaviors, according to a paper in Psychological Scien ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2014 - 10:57am

Caffeine Addiction Is A Widespread Problem- Psychologists

If you can't get by without caffeine and won't give it up even if you have a condition that may be impacted by it, such as pregnancy, a heart condition, or a bleeding disorder, you may have "Caffeine Use Disorder."  Caffeine is the mos ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 29 2014 - 10:10am

Stress Loves Company

If you are stressed about giving a public speech or a presentation to your boss, it helps to talk about it- if the person you are talking to is also stressed out. People benefit by spending time and conversing with someone whose emotional response is in l ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2014 - 11:58am

You're More Likely To Remember Unattractive Faces

It's counterintuitive but psychologists say we tend to remember unattractive faces more likely than attractive ones- attractive faces leave much less distinctive impressions on our memory unless they have particularly remarkable features. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2014 - 10:22am

Educated Or Not, If You Feel In Control Of Your Life, You May Live Longer

Do you prize your self on individual initiative or do you feel like the events in your life are outside your control and you just have to react? Do you think there needs to be more rules and regulations to manage things for you, or would you rather make i ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2014 - 4:16pm

Violent Video Games Limit Development Of Moral Judgement In Teens

The nature of social science is that you will frequently find papers arguing contradictory positions, and nothing shows that like video games. On Science 2.0 alone, you can find dozens of studies arguing both sides. Mirjana Bajovic of Brock University quiz ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2014 - 7:58pm

One And Done: For Short Term Dates, Women Prefer Men With Wider Faces

Men, if you want a short term thing and not a lot of talks about "us" and "the relationship", your odds improve if your parents gave you the gift of a wider face. Women see wider faces as more dominant, and therefore more attractive, at ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2014 - 11:09am

Want Brand Loyalty, Coke? Get Product Placements In Horror Movies

A business scholar says that there are fewer product placements in scary movies, and therefore companies are missing a prime marketing moment. Coca-Cola doesn't want a half-naked sorority girl to be drinking their soda just before she gets stabbed in ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 13 2014 - 10:52am

Don't Blame Your Mother If You Are Alone On Valentine's Day (Okay, Go Ahead And Blame Her)

It's the time of year when experts on relationships give advice. Not experts on their own, but rather experts on yours. All that's needed is a weak observational study based on surveys and it practically writes itself. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 6 2014 - 2:27pm