Psychology

Media, Studies, and Misunderstanding Science (sometimes badly)

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Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jun 28 2010 - 11:17am

Paradigm shift: on absurdity of mechanical world view

So, I try to put it into English what I think about life and mistakenness of current canonical paradigm about a life. There are several points, where the current paradigm is simply wrong. I have made some notices about it before, also, but I try to make a ...

Blog Post - Helium Väli - Jun 15 2010 - 5:43pm

The Use of Terms When Discussing Autism, Intelligence, Impairment, and Disability

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Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jun 28 2010 - 11:17am

Double Your Chances Of Getting A Date? Use A Soundtrack When Asking Her Out

One thing the film industry get right- and they don't get much right, since romantic comedy behavior in real life is likely to get you a restraining order- is that music evokes moods. French researchers (naturally) say they have determined that if you ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 19 2010 - 9:46am

Spiritual Well-Being and Life Satisfaction When Part of a Diverse Religious Affiliation

Religion, regardless of one’s personal religious or spiritual beliefs, matters. The chances of being part of a diverse religious affiliation increase as our global community expands. McFaul (2006) points out that while two out of every three people in the ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jun 19 2010 - 12:58pm

Facilitated Communication Quackery Gets Journalistic Promotion In Annapolis

Lest you think that the AoAers have a hold on promoting woo or, just as bad, think that the mainstream media had potentially wised up (Kudos, Tsouderos!), a local reporter in ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jul 6 2010 - 2:04pm

Can Money Buy Happiness? The World Answers

It's a common phrase; money can't buy happiness.   But a worldwide survey of more than 136,000 people in 132 countries that included questions about happiness and income revealed that life satisfaction certainly does rise with income, though it s ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2010 - 1:16am

Both Idealism And Religious Extremism Can Result From Anxiety

Are you a bold personality?  High self-esteem, action-oriented, eager, tenacious?  If so, you are more likely to be a religious extremist when anxiety occurs, according to findings by York University researchers in this month's Journal of Personality ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2010 - 1:29pm

Ruminations on the Judge Rotenberg Center

Kathleen and I have been spending a fa ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jul 8 2010 - 10:11pm

Stop The Madness- Female Shopping Is Evolution And The Mall Is The Lab?

I just noticed a study from a few months back that correlated male shopping habits to... evolution.   Yes, the necessary survival skills that women used for foraging and men used to hunt evolved into the inability of men to match socks and the reason women ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 11 2010 - 2:14pm