Psychology

Money Can't Buy Happiness? Don't Be Silly, Of Course It Can

Given a choice, it's better to be miserable in a heated jacuzzi than be homeless on the streets of New York City during a blizzard. But that 'money can't buy happiness' saying arose because some people just can't be happy- and mon ...

Article - News Staff - May 2 2014 - 9:18am

E-Cigarette Users Criticized In New Paper

E-cigarettes are bad, marijuana is good, according to the latest culture war. E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that heat a liquid nicotine solution. The user inhales the vapor created and ingests the nicotine. Some e-cigarettes are flavored, some ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2014 - 9:30am

Reduce Bullying And Victims Won't Bring So Many Weapons To School

Mass outreach and awareness of bullying isn't doing much to stop bullying, it is mostly just teaching bullies what to watch out for and what buzzwords to use if they are accused. There's another good reason to stop them, including throwing them ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2014 - 10:32am

Straight Women Have Worse Gaydar- Because Sexuality Is Less Important To Them Than To Lesbians

Is "gaydar" real? Though scientists dismiss it as being in the same vein as psychics or palm reading, some papers have claimed it is legitimate and that people can make reliable predictions of sexual orientation simply by hearing a voice or seein ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2014 - 12:05pm

Animal Hoarding Is Not Just A Psychiatric Disorder, It's A Public Health Issue

Animal hoarding is a psychological disorder where a person accumulates a large numbers of animals at home, usually cats and dogs, without providing them with a minimal standard of care. Details about the cause of the disorder remain largely unknown and bu ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2014 - 10:31am

Family-Based Exposure Therapy Effective Treatment For Kids With OCD

A new study from the Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center has says that family-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is beneficial to young children between the ages of five and eight with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Cognitive behavi ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2014 - 1:37pm

Women Take Shorter Maternity Leaves After Accidental Pregnancies

U.S. mothers who have unintended pregnancies return to work sooner than mothers who had planned pregnancies, and that is a reason to mandate contraception at every institution, says Dr. Rada K. Dagher, assistant professor of health services administration ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2014 - 3:30am

Uneventful: Why Pilots Have Trouble Focusing On Automation In The Cockpit

There once was a time when pilots had to do everything with a plane- they had to be able to repair it and fly it and that meant knowing everything about it. Today, much of flying is automated, freeing pilots' attention from mundane flight tasks and a ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2014 - 3:23pm

Anti-Psychotic Medication Not To Blame For Violent Crime- Analysis

If you examine all of the high-profile crimes that have happened any time recently, they share one thing; psychiatric medication. It was once common to ask someone who was acting bizarrely if they were 'off their meds' but it became more common ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2014 - 10:09pm

What Scientists Say And What The Public Hears

Richard Somerville and Susan Hassol have some recommendations for how to improve science communication. ...

Article - Hank Campbell - May 8 2014 - 10:57am