Psychology

How Sports Can Help Change Perceptions Of Mental Illness

News that Sydney Swans star Lance “Buddy” Franklin, arguably the biggest name in the Australian Football League (AFL), is experiencing a mental health condition has garnered a lot of media attention. His story highlights not only the persistent stigma sur ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 10 2015 - 7:00am

Mindfulness Is An Ideal Tool To Induce Compliance

“If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.” Hsin Hsin Ming Almost every person who walks through my practice doorway is anxious in some way. And so they should be. While their anxiety might be b ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 23 2015 - 7:30am

Advertising Kings Of The Future: Brain Scientists And Dream Experts

It’s been 60 years since the first TV ad was broadcast in the UK. In that time, we’ve moved from the innocent grainy black-and-white “Tingle of Health” of Gibbs SR toothpaste, to the sophisticated hyper-reality of 4K TV and beyond, in lock-step with devel ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 23 2015 - 12:00pm

Babies Time Their Smiles To Make Their Moms Smile In Return

Why do babies smile when they interact with their parents? Could their smiles have a purpose? A team of computer scientists, roboticists and psychologists say they can confirm what most parents already suspect: when babies smile, they do so with a purpose ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2015 - 7:30am

Why People Vote Strategically When Their Candidate Can't Win

Strategic voting is an important factor in Canadian electoral campaigns. "People vote strategically when they think neither their first nor their second choice has any chance of winning in their electorate. They vote for their third choice party in t ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 7 2015 - 11:09am

Language About Climate Change Differs Between Proponents And Skeptics

Proponents of climate change tend to use more conservative, tentative language to report on the science behind it, while skeptics use more emotional and assertive language when reinterpreting scientific studies, says research from the University of Waterl ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 6 2015 - 11:10am

'Greenwashing' Perception Sullies Eco-Friendly Reputation

If you have walked into a hotel room in Hawaii where you are paying $400 a night and been met with a card telling you they aren't going to give you towels and sheets because they are "conserving' water, and you snorted derisively, you would ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 4 2015 - 1:42pm

Coincidence Or Conspiracy? Investigating If Believers Really See So Much Secret Design

In pop culture, conspiracy believers like FBI agent Fox Mulder on The X Files or professor Robert Langdon in The Da Vinci Code tend to reject the notion of coincidence or chance; even the most random-seeming events are thought to result from some sort of ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 8 2015 - 6:30am

Brain Response To Good News For Others Linked To Empathy

The way our brain responds to others' good fortune is linked to how empathetic people report themselves to be, according to a paper in the Journal of Neuroscience which suggests that a part of the brain called the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) seem ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 9 2015 - 6:30am

How To Reduce Transgender Suicides

The likelihood of a transgender person attempting suicide is very high and a new study examined factors that may prevent them. Its conclusions also inform medical and mental health professionals who work with transgender clients.  For a survey of "su ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 16 2015 - 9:30am