Psychology

The Envy And Depression Of Facebook Use

Browsing Facebook has become a daily activity for hundreds of millions of people. Because so many people engage with the website daily, researchers are interested in how emotionally involved Facebook users can be with the social networking site and how reg ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2015 - 6:30pm

Did Pete Carroll Make The Worst Coaching Call Ever? The Science Of Hindsight Bias

Distraught Seattle Seahawks fans after their team lost the Super Bowl. Jason Redmond/Reuters By David G. Myers, Hope College ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 5 2015 - 9:17pm

Insecure In Your Relationship? You Spend A Lot Of Time On Facebook

If you are insecure or craving attention and need to feel better about yourself, chances are Facebook is your friend, according to surveys done by psychologists. According to analysis of two surveys of nearly 600 people ages 18-83, people who are generally ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 9 2015 - 12:51pm

Pick A Card: The Psychological Factors That Make Magic Tricks Work

Magicians have delighted audiences for centuries with magic tricks. What is little known is that they subtly influence decisions. A master like Apollo Robbins can even tell you what he is going to do and you still won't know he is doing it. Yet there ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 10 2015 - 8:30am

Liberals And Conservatives Are Anti-science, Just About Different Things

What happens when people in one political party in America are presented with science that doesn't align with their political views? The same thing that happens in the other party. They rationalize why it isn't valid science. Despite claims by li ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 20 2017 - 12:40pm

Stay Or Stray? Finger Length May Tell If You Are Promiscuous Or Faithful

If you are not inclined to be faithful and your partner is not buying into your claim of sex addiction, psychologists may have a better alternative: genetics. They made their determination by analyzing individual attitudes relating to non-committed sex and ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 10 2015 - 2:41pm

Opposites Attract? No, Find Someone Like You

Yin and yang or two peas in a pod? Shutterstock Relationships are often interpreted as the outcome of an exchange of goods and services. Common knowledge says that the sexes want different things from a partner. These preferences are often reduced to shal ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 13 2015 - 10:00am

Love Letters Never Get Old- Though They Are As Old As Writing Itself

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Article - The Conversation - Feb 13 2015 - 1:30pm

Does Brian Williams Really Remember RPGs And Floating Bodies In New Orleans?

Many of us have asked ourselves in the past few days: can you really falsely remember something as significant as being in a helicopter that was shot down? And many of us probably think “No way,” and quickly conclude that NBC news anchor Brian Williams in ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 13 2015 - 3:30pm

A Friend's Success Trumps Celebrity Endorsements For Health Advice

There may be a new explanation for why fad diets tend to cluster in pockets- and it may help companies spend their marketing money a little smarter also. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 13 2015 - 4:20pm