Psychology

How To Optimize PTSD Treatment For Veterans

Our nation's veterans continue to suffer emotional and psychological effects of war--some for decades. And while there has been greater attention directed recently toward post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and more veterans are seeking help, curr ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2015 - 9:00am

Why It's Not Religion Behind Conservative Opposition To Same-Sex Marriage

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has effectively ended any chance of same-sex marriage in this term of parliament. Public opinion in Australia is in clear support of same-sex marriage. So how have opponents had so much success in blocking change? Prominent argu ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2015 - 7:22am

Freud Revisited: Dream Imagery May Help Us Understand Consciousness

Rapid eye movements (REMs) during sleep may contribute to the visual part of our dreams by acting as a switch from image to image, researchers have found. The study, which measured the activity of individual cells in the brain in both awake and sleeping p ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 12 2015 - 6:38pm

Research Examines Relationship Between Autistic Traits And Creativity

A new psychology paper finds that people with high levels of autistic traits are more likely to produce unusually creative ideas. The authors examined the relationship between autistic-like traits and creativity. While they found that people with high aut ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 14 2015 - 8:00am

Self-Identification: A Big Reason Americans Support Local Food Markets

More Americans than ever before are supporting their local food markets, but it's not just because they believe the food is fresher or tastes better. Instead, people are shopping at farmers markets and joining food co-ops in record numbers because th ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 8:30am

Up Watching News, Down Playing Video Games: Spirituality Varies Throughout The Day

Does watching the news make you lose faith in a higher purpose? Does taking out an army of terrorists alone without so much as a scratch make you feel like you must have a divine gift? An analysis of cellphone data shows that spiritual awareness does vary ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2015 - 8:00am

Female Soldiers At No Greater Risk For PTSD In New Study Cohort

While past research on the question has found otherwise, a new study by Defense and Veterans Affairs researchers suggests that women in the military are at no greater risk than men for developing posttraumatic stress disorder, given similar experiences--i ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2015 - 6:30am

Apocalypse Now: Why Every Stock Market Blip Is Predicted To Our Doom

As is typical of our time, over the past few months, many newscasters have used the words apocalypse or apocalyptic to evoke the negative implications of events as diverse as the threat of Grexit, music streaming wars, an asteroid threat, the American hou ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 25 2015 - 9:00am

Will You Murder Your Wife?

Domestic homicide is one of the most common and frequent types of murder in the U.S. but murderers who kill intimate partners and family members have a significantly different psychological and forensic profile from murderers who kill people they don' ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 6:00pm

Chocolate Physics: Modeling Molecular Dynamics Could Improve Its 'Mouth Feel'

Lecithin is an ingredient that you've probably never heard of, but one that plays a vital role in the production of chocolate and many other foods. It's never been clear how this ingredient works on a molecular level, and confectioners have reli ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2015 - 9:59am