Psychology

Happy Meals Of Healthy Foods- A Pilot Program

Happy Meals for broccoli? A paper presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in San Diego says that because poor food choices in school cafeterias are a risk factor for childhood obesity, students will make better choices if health ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 27 2015 - 10:26am

We're Wired To Hate Dieting

If you're finding it difficult to stick to a diet, a new paper says you can likely blame hunger-sensitive cells in your brain known as AGRP neurons. According to new experiments, these neurons are responsible for the unpleasant feelings of hunger tha ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2015 - 7:12am

The Search For Satiety Neurons And How To Short Circuit Hunger

Anyone who has ever tried to lose weight knows that it's no fun to feel hungry- the drive to tame hunger pangs can sabotage even the best-intentioned dieter. But how exactly is it that fasting creates these uncomfortable feelings and consuming food t ...

Article - News Staff - May 3 2015 - 3:59pm

The Human Element Of Self-Driving Cars

Self-driving cars are expected to revolutionize the automobile industry. Rapid advances have led to working prototypes faster than most people expected. The anticipated benefits of this emerging technology include safer, faster and more eco-friendly trans ...

Article - The Conversation - Apr 29 2015 - 8:17am

Emotional Disclosure Causes Witnesses To Blame The Victim Less

Psychologists have postulated that blaming victims, such as saying 'you were in the wrong place at the wrong time', is a defense mechanism that helps blamers feel the world is still just even when there is evidence it's not. ...

Article - News Staff - May 3 2015 - 9:52am

An Inclusive Fitness Twist On How Spite Came To Be

The occurrence of altruism and spite- helping or harming others at a cost to oneself- depends on similarity not just between two interacting individuals but also to the rest of their neighbors, according to a new model developed by psychologist DB Krupp an ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2015 - 1:18pm

Placebo Marketing And Why Cheap Wine Can Taste Great

When consumers taste cheap wine and rate it highly because under the belief it is expensive, is it just a placebo or has belief actually changed their brain function, causing them to experience the cheap wine in the same physical way as the expensive wine? ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2015 - 1:25pm

Review Determines The 3 Big Factors To Achieve Healthier Eating

If you want to know the secrets of healthier eating, think of the kitchen fruit bowl. A fruit bowl makes fruit more convenient, attractive, and normal to eat than if the same fruit were in the bottom of the refrigerator. A new Cornell study analyzed 112 s ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 30 2015 - 7:15am

How To Trick Yourself Out Of Procrastination

Scholars say they have found a way to prevent procrastination. The trick? Think of the future as now. If you decide you will read this article tomorrow, you are already behind.  ...

Article - News Staff - May 4 2015 - 10:04am

Do Video Games Make You Less Sexist? More?

The latest article exploring sexism in academia suggests that it no longer exists. Some have already grumbled about flaws in the study’s design. But more than that, I simply don’t believe the finding because there is clear evidence that sexism still exist ...

Article - The Conversation - May 3 2015 - 8:32pm