Psychology

Perceptions Of Environmental Damage Lessen Over Time, Even When Things Stay The Same

Invasive pests known as spruce bark beetles have been attacking Alaskan forests for decades, killing more than 1 million acres of forest on the Kenai Peninsula in southern Alaska for more than 25 years. Beyond environmental concerns regarding the millions ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2015 - 6:12pm

Want To Get Men Donating Online? Feature A Woman And Make It Competitive

A real-world analysis of human behavior finds that men treat online giving as a competitive enterprise: Men will donate four times more money to an attractive female fundraiser if they feel like they are in competition with another male, which evolutionary ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 16 2015 - 1:24pm

Parent Training Reduces Disruptive Behavior In Autistic Kids

Up to 6 out of 1,000 children worldwide may be on the spectrum of an autistic disorder (ASD) and 50 percent of those kids demonstrate serious and disruptive behavior, including tantrums, aggression, self-injury and noncompliance. For children with ASD, se ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2015 - 3:30pm

95,000 Person Study Shows MMR Vaccine Does Not Lead To Higher Autism Risk

A study of approximately 95,000 children with older siblings found that the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is not associated with an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders regardless of whether older siblings had been diagnosed on the autism spec ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 21 2015 - 5:30pm

New Approaches To Identify And Treat Suicidal Adolescents

Suicide remains the second leading cause of death for adolescents in the United States, this year nearly 5,000 adolescents will commit suicide and advocates claim over 500,000 will make an emergency room visit that is or could be a suicide attempt. Better ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2015 - 9:00pm

What It Feels Like To Be Invisible – Less Anxious

Recent advances with so-called meta-materials have shown that a practical invisibility cloak might one day be possible. But a new study has approached the scenario from the other direction, asking what it would feel like to be invisible. The answer, it tu ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 23 2015 - 3:11pm

Depression Leaves A Metabolic Signature On Mitochondria

Major depression comes with an unexpected metabolic signature, according to new findings. Authors in search of genes that increase depression risk analyzed thousands of women. those with recurrent major depression and healthy controls, and found that many ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2015 - 7:28am

The Evolutionary Psychology Reason Some People Will Be Anti-GMO

Scientists may get frustrated at Dr. Oz and The Food Babe and other people who are against genetically modified organisms (GMOs) while munching happily on organic strains created by mutagenesis, but if we care about cognitive science issues, the evidence- ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2015 - 6:11pm

Mental Health Disorders Don't Predict Future Violence- Except In One Group

Most psychiatric disorders- including depression-- do not predict future violent behavior, according to a longitudinal study of delinquent youth. Some delinquent youth with current psychiatric illness may also be violent- males with mania were more than t ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2015 - 5:30pm

Recessions Lead To Depressions (Psychological, That Is)

It's not a surprise that in a modern materialistic society, the desire to buy the latest iGimmick will lead to sadness if the money to do so is not available but we fortunately have the statistics to back that up. The recent Great Recession was accom ...

Article - News Staff - May 2 2015 - 9:15am