Psychology

Macho Stereotypes Of Surgeons And Marines Penalize Men, Say Psychologists

In a bygone era, the macho stereotype of the maverick doctor bucking convention, or the Marine running toward danger rather than away from it, inspired young men to want to be bold. No longer. Modern youth have become so convinced that being bold is a neg ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2014 - 12:21pm

Perceived Risk Of Disease Prompts Action

What made the wealthy elites in San Fransisco and Seattle who deny the benefits of child vaccines suddenly clamor for government action to create more vaccines? Two cases of Ebola in the United States. Though 12,000 people died of heart disease in that sa ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 7 2014 - 1:00pm

Go To Bed And You'll Be Happier

Psychology surveys have found that when people go to bed and thus how long they sleep at a time might actually make it difficult for people to stop worrying. The surveys showed that people who sleep for shorter periods of time and go to bed very late at n ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 5 2014 - 7:39pm

Punishing Young Kids For Lying Doesn't Work

If you want children ages 4 to 8 to tell the truth, it's best not to threaten to punish them if they lie. An experiment involving 372 children, led by Prof. Victoria Talwar of McGill's Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology, left each c ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 8 2014 - 4:30pm

Wealth, Power Status Linked To Mental Disorders In Berkeley Students

An analysis of U.C. Berkeley students has concluded that inflated or deflated feelings of self-worth are linked to afflictions like bipolar disorder, narcissistic personality disorder, anxiety and depression- more evidence that the widening gulf between r ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 8 2014 - 11:20pm

They're Not Joking: Laughing Gas For Depression

In modern times, nitrous oxide is a pollutant or a way to make an old custom Nissan go really fast, but it was once common as an anesthetic in medicine and dentistry and that is how it got its common name- laughing gas. In a small pilot study, it was show ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2014 - 5:23pm

Why Women Don't Run For Political Office

A new study by political science scholars has found one reason why women are less likely to run for political office- they will volunteer to lead but don't like competing to do so.  Prior claims have been that more women lack the confidence to seek a ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 12 2014 - 11:40am

Children Learn To Lie At Age Two – Here’s How To Get Them To Tell The Truth

You definitely didn't have one? Honestly? Shutterstock By Lara Warmelink, Lancaster University ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 15 2014 - 8:30am

Were You Born Anti-Social?

You may not have been born a criminal, but experiences influence how genetic variants affect the brain and therefore behavior, according to a new paper.  The study used a survey of 1,337 students aged 17 or 18 in Västmanland, a Swedish county, who anonymou ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 14 2014 - 8:30am

Inulin-propionate Ester Ingredient Will Make You Feel Fuller

Some people eat when they are hungry and stop when they are not. Others eat until they are full. For that second group, science may soon have a way to help keep them slimmer. Inulin-propionate ester (IPE) contains propionate, which stimulates the gut to re ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 14 2014 - 5:13pm