Psychology

Using Fire

Although possessing an undeniable bias against consciousness and mood altering drugs, courtesy of the 1960s and 1970s, I was curious to see what progress had been made utilizing these same substances to treat addictions.  Allegorically, we have vaccines de ...

Blog Post - Laura Hult - Jul 3 2009 - 7:19pm

A Science Of Human Language- Part #10

A Science Of Human Language- Part #10 In this part of the series, commenced here, I give some concrete examples from various languages of how words can cue the category from which other words were, or are to be selected. "Can the Saussurean definitio ...

Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Jul 3 2009 - 5:28pm

Are Repressed Memories Real? The Debate Flares Up Again

In the 1980s, a popular hypothesis was that any number of people were suffering from trauma they knew nothing about; dissociative amnesia, or repressed memories. At issue is how to prove whether memories of trauma, such as childhood sexual abuse, could be ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2009 - 5:34pm

Taking Turns Evolved, Say Psychologists

Nothing makes biologists happier than psychologists declaring things a product of evolution.   Now it turns out even social constructs like 'taking turns' have gotten some benefit from evolutions' 'invisible hand'. How so?   It spa ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 8 2009 - 8:52pm

Your Cat Is Manipulating You- Here's How

The phrase 'like herding cats' resonates with people for a reason; it's difficult to get them to do anything they don't already want to do. But they have no problem getting humans to do their bidding, according to a report published in ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 13 2009 - 11:52am

The Sleepy Side Of A Bad Economy

According to a recent poll by the National Sleep Foundation, 27 percent of Americans say economic concerns are keeping them awake at night. But it may not be just stress.  According to the poll, 47 percent of the sleepless are very likely to use caffeinate ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2009 - 12:19am

British Men Who Live With Parents Angrier Than Those Who Leave Home- Study

British young men aren't regarded as all that even-tempered in the best of circumstances; England, Wales and Scotland are the top three most violent developed countries.   Among those, young men who stay at home with their parents are more violent tha ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2009 - 11:17am

Nature Or Nurture? Neither, Say Developmental Systems Theorists

Ever say someone's actions were 'in their genes'?   That's not only a simplification, according to a group of University of Iowa scientists, scientists who have debated nature versus nurture for centuries are guilty of 'intellectua ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 20 2009 - 2:13pm

A Rose By Any Other Name Still Reduces Stress, Says Study

Feeling stressed?  The scent of a lemon or any other fragrant plants will help you feel better, say scientists in Japan who report the first scientific evidence that inhaling certain fragrances alters gene activity(!) and blood chemistry in ways that can r ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2009 - 11:45am

Darkness Linked To Greater Cognitive Decline In Depressed People

Depressed people may prefer the dark but it won't be a good thing for their cognitive abilities, say researchers writing in Environmental Health. They  used weather data from NASA satellites to measure sunlight exposure across the United States and li ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 28 2009 - 12:07pm