Psychology

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

How Our View Of What Makes Us Happy Has Changed Since The 1930s

Our view of what makes us happy has changed  since 1938. In the United States of 1938, for example, it was a good thing not to have heat waves and droughts and a Dust Bowl across 75 percent of the country. It would have made people happy to be out of the ...

Article - News Staff - May 5 2015 - 3:17pm

Diet Plans Are Rational But Diet Behavior Is Emotional

A majority of American adults have tried dieting to lose weight at some point in their lives, and at any given time, about one-third of the adult population say they're currently dieting, which is why diet books are the one consistent think about the ...

Article - News Staff - May 6 2015 - 8:27am

In Hiring Simulation, Male Potential Is Preferred Over A Female Track Record

Male job applicants are perceived to have high levels of leadership potential and are rated as a better employment prospect than a female applicant with proven leadership track record, according to a presentation at the British Psychological Society Annua ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2015 - 1:39pm