Psychology

Study Shows Men Attracted to Transgender Women are NOT Gay. DUH!

S cientist who specialize in sex and sexuality tested a sample of men using a device that measures the reaction of a mans privates to various visual stimuli.   Men who are attracted to transgender women were not turned on by porn featuring two gay men, bu ...

Blog Post - Hontas Farmer - Nov 10 2015 - 11:03pm

Psychiatric Assessments For Predicting Violence Don't Work

A new paper proposes an entirely new approach to risk assessment for future violence. Previous approaches have relied on looking at risk factors that happen to be linked to, but may not cause, violence, for example, being young, male, of lower social clas ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2015 - 4:15pm

Men Eat To Impress Around Women

If you're a man, how much you eat may have more to do with the gender of your dining companions than your appetite, according to a paper published in Evolutionary Psychological Science which claims that men will eat significantly more food in the com ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2015 - 10:53am

Want To Be A Happy Couple? Have Some Sex This Weekend

Sex will make for a happy couple, according to social psychologists, and you don't even need to do it all that often. ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 20 2015 - 8:30am

Buddhist Meditation Can Reduce Racism

A popular Buddhist meditation technique that's intended to create feelings of kindness can also reduce prejudice, according to a new psychology paper. The work in Motivation and Emotion says that just seven minutes of Loving-kindness meditation (LKM) ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 19 2015 - 3:27pm

Hiding Cigarettes At Convenience Stores Reduces Risk Of Teen Use

Most people who take up cigarette smoking, and place themselves at greater risk of cancer and lung ailments, start when they are young. A new RAND Corporation analysis finds the answer may be as simple as hiding them. The scholars created a laboratory rep ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 23 2015 - 8:45am

Angelina Jolie Effect: Why There Are So Many More Double Mastectomies

Researchers at a breast cancer prevention clinic in Manchester have observed an increased uptake of preventative double mastectomies since May 2013, when Angelina Jolie announced that she had undergone the procedure.   Researchers from the Genesis Prevent ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 24 2015 - 10:48pm

Have We Reached Peak Pizza?

How does the price impact your evaluation of a restaurant meal? Psychologists have long believed that we judge experiences based on their most intense moment (the peak) and the last part of the experience (end). But that can change dramatically depending ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 27 2015 - 2:00pm

Scientists Limit Autistic Behavior

Autism spectrum disorder is a group of social and neurodevelopmental disorders that include difficulty with interpersonal interaction, communication and excessive repetitive behaviors. Currently, though there are medications to treat some symptoms but no ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2015 - 9:00am

Praying For Climate Change Action

Religion can be a 'lynchpin' for achieving widespread global action on climate change, says psychologist Dr. Paul Bain from Queensland University of Technology. ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2015 - 2:39pm