Psychology

Asperger Good Yet Discriminated Against

Pathological thought can be helpful, especially the Asperger’s variety. Ludwig Wittgenstein became the arguably greatest philosopher, overseeing the postmodern. The mathematician Paul Erdös is another good example.   ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Jun 26 2014 - 2:13am

Language And Emotion: We Speak As We Feel, We Feel As We Speak

A recent experiment was able to demonstrate that the articulation of vowels systematically influences our feelings- and vice versa. The research project looked at the question of whether and to what extent the meaning of words is linked to their sound. The ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 26 2014 - 9:59am

Acid-sensitive Ion Channels Affect Addiction-Related Behavior

A new form of neurotransmission influences the long-lasting memory created by addictive drugs, like cocaine and opioids, and the subsequent craving for these drugs of abuse, according to a recent study. Loss of this type of neurotransmission creates chang ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2014 - 11:01am

Why Are Political Conservatives Able To Compromise Better? Respect For Authority

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Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2014 - 10:21am

Hot Hand Bias: Monkeys Believe In Winning Streaks Too

The sign of a bad gambler is the belief that they are on a winning streak, that luck is just going their way. Gambling is math and luck. If you can afford to keep doubling, you will win. And as long as you stop after you win, you can never lose. That is w ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2014 - 12:31pm

Bad Video Game Behavior May Make People Good In Real Life

If your child spends their evening beating up hookers in Grand Theft Auto, there is a silver lining- they are less likely to actually beat up hookers in real life. At least surveys by humanities scholars say so. This is good knowledge. There has long been ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2014 - 5:56pm

Managers Are Negative On Social Media At Work- But Use It Most

Surveys show that managers hold more negative attitudes to private use of social media at work- they should know what a time waster it is, they use it more than subordinates. 11,000 Norwegian employees participated in a study called 'Predictors of Us ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2014 - 10:58am

That Jerk Doesn't Know He's A Jerk

Jill Abramson was recently ousted from her position as the executive editor of The New York Times. Her defenders said it was because of her gender (yet she got the job) and her demand for more compensation (she was paid more than her predecessor and the N ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2014 - 2:38pm

At Risk For Addiction? You Share A Neurobiological Profile With People Who Already Are

Can addiction be predicted? That's always been the goal and conjecture has focused on everything from family to environment. But there are just as many fails as wins. A child who grew up in a house with smokers is only correlated to smoking if they f ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2014 - 11:49am

Paper Links Poor Physical Health And Saving For Retirement

There can't be many rich fat people because poor physical health and financial health are driven by the same underlying psychological factors, according to Lamar Pierce, PhD, associate professor of strategy at Washington University in St. Louis, and ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2014 - 4:03pm