Psychology

Social Scientists Say Everyone Is Biased- And We All Have A Bias Blind Spot About It

It is believed by the social sciences that all people have bias- and a "bias blind spot," meaning that they are less likely to detect bias in themselves than others. If so, how blind are we to our own actual degree of bias, and how many of us th ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2015 - 3:31pm

Increased Risk With Teen Moms, Finds Study Of Parental Age And Autism

A study of parental age and autism risk including  5.7 million children in five countries found increased autism rates among the children of teen moms and among children whose parents have relatively large gaps between their ages. It also confirmed that o ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 12 2015 - 8:09am

Pig Behavior And Emotions Similar To Dogs?

A psychologist and an English professor have written a review of studies and concluded that pigs perform as well as or better than dogs on some tests of behavioral and cognitive sophistication, and they compare favorably to chimpanzees. The review by Emor ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2015 - 11:30pm

Sympathetic Nervous System: Physiological Responses Correlated To Political Affiliations?

Political partisanship is rooted in affective, physiological processes that cause partisans to toe the party line on policies and issues, regardless of policy content, according to a new paper. Social psychologists have said that party identifiers are mor ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 18 2015 - 9:00am

What 3-Year-Olds Teach Us About Justice

Toddlers have a reputation for being stubborn, selfish, and incapable of sharing. But researchers have found that children as young as three actually will show a surprising level of concern for others and an intuitive sense of restorative justice. Young c ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2015 - 7:30am

Psychotherapists Say They Can Fix The Problems Caused By Psychiatric Drugs

Another shooting, this time in a Charleston church, and another link to psychiatric drugs. Psychological disturbances caused by psychotropic drug treatment are a neglected problem, say therapists in a recent article.  Up to 70% of patients with psychosis t ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2015 - 9:00am

I Think, Therefore I Am A Math Expert

There are more men in hard science and engineering and there are a variety of explanations for why, everything from the sexism notion, promoted by those in the social sciences, to the idea that the physical sciences and engineering don't seem directl ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2015 - 11:37am

Facial Discrimination- Why Disfigurement Can Be So Unsettling

“Take your ear off for me, please,” Rosie Seelaus says to Randy James, who is sitting on a black exam chair in a special room designed for viewing colours in the Craniofacial Center on the Near West Side of Chicago. He reaches up and detaches his right ea ...

Article - Mosaic Science - Jun 25 2015 - 10:31am

What Gets Credit For Smoking Declines? Big Pharma And Taxes, Says UCSF Paper

Are some people unable or unwilling to quit?  A popular sociological belief has been that by making smoking uncool or difficult, it will become unpopular and people will quit, and only those unable to quit would remain. If so, products like e-cigarettes o ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 28 2015 - 7:55am

Women's Faces Get Redder At Ovulation, But Human Eyes Can't Pick Up On It

Studies have shown that men find female faces more attractive when women are ovulating, but how they might know- the visual clues that allow this- are unclear. New research research sought to show it might be subtle changes in skin color and that women� ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2015 - 6:58am