Psychology

Metonymy: Why A Word Like 'Gate' Added Lets People Know It's A Scandal

On June 17, 1972, Washington, D.C., police arrested five men for breaking into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee. Although the administration’s press secretary, Ron Ziegler, dismissed the crime as a “ third-rate burglary,” its scope wo ...

Article - The Conversation - May 28 2022 - 2:32pm

Rich People Who Grew Up Poor Are Less Likely To Be Sympathetic To The Poor Than Those Born Wealthy

A saying in psychology goes that more truth comes out when people are drunk. This is even when it comes to politics, where studies showed that young people who espouse more liberal beliefs get more conservative when they are inebriated. They stop saying wh ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2022 - 10:02am

Maybe Hangry Is Not Just A Marketing Invention- New Survey Links Hunger To Irritability

Hangry, a portmanteau of hungry and angry, is widely used in everyday language but the phenomenon has not been widely explored by science outside of laboratory environments. You have probably seen it in television commercials, where someone is irritable, c ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2022 - 4:13pm

If You Don't Get A Third COVID-19 Shot, Are You A Narcissist?

One thing that must annoy psychiatrists is that everyone will try to claim expertise in their field if they want to make a political point- in the case of a recent paper it is literally humanities scholars who want more mask and vaccine mandates. To achiev ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 15 2022 - 11:37am

Put Down Your Phone And Let Your Mind Wander

In the modern era, people are rarely not busy. When we have a free moment we are reading on a cell phone or playing a game. There are even jokes about someone sitting in a coffee shop and seeming bizarre because they just enjoy a coffee.  ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2022 - 9:14am

COVID-19: Paying People To Stay Home Helped Mental Health – But Not As Much As Working

In March 2020, a few days before lockdown was introduced, the UK government launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme, widely referred to as “furlough”. This scheme provided employees who were unable to work due to the pandemic with 80% of their pay ( ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 9 2022 - 4:12pm

Investing Psychology: Specialty Exchange Traded Funds Still Exist Even Though They Almost Always Lose Money

Before every Marvel film premiere, comic books related to the characters almost always rise in value. People who speculate buy them from sellers. It's a bad idea. In other parts pf culture, people who read about trendy topics like working-from-home an ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2022 - 9:27am

Wine O’Clock': As 'Woo Girls' Reach Middle Age, What We Can Learn About Alcohol Culture And Why It's Hard To Stop

Many of us enjoy a drink at the end of a stressful day. But for some, this is less of a discretionary treat and more of a nightly must-have. While alcohol reduction campaigns ask us to check our relationship with alcohol, emphasising the role it can play ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 26 2022 - 8:14am

Digital Self-Harm Is A Mental Health Cry For Help

The teen years are a challenging time for people transitioning from adolescence to adulthood, especially if they have mental health issues. The online posting, sending or sharing of hurtful content is like being trapped in a small town, except possibly the ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2022 - 9:01am

Even Before The Pandemic, 20% Of Kids Reported Depression Symptoms

Responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, from school closures to lockdowns, were important for health officials and implemented even after factoring in concerns about long-term psychological effects. If results from 2015-2020 surveys are an indication, depressi ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 19 2022 - 11:55am