Psychology

Poor Sleep Linked To Perceived Racism, Including In White People

Perceptions of racism may cause loss of sleep and perhaps loss of sleep may also impact perceptions of racism. A new study has found that self-reported sleep disturbance correlated to perceived racism, which was increased by 61 percent after adjusting for ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 14 2011 - 10:59am

Simon Baron-Cohen, Empathizing, Systemizing, And Wondering: What's My Q?

Recently, I reviewed Simon Baron-Cohen's new book, The Science of Evil, and interviewed him concerning zero empathy, neurological disorders like autism spectrum disorders and personality disorders like narcissism, borderline, and psychopathy. ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jun 21 2011 - 6:40am

Peace in the Garden: Michael Shermer and Belief Systems

One of my favorite songs of all time is "In the Garden." I know Willie's not got the prettiest of voices, but I love his version best of all. He lives hard and the gravel in his voice lends a depth to the content of the song that others don& ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jun 19 2011 - 6:42pm

Canadian Kids Prefer Playmates Of The Same Ethnicity

A study in Canada says Canadian pre-schoolers prefer to play with kids more like them. Are Canadian parents ingraining bias in their kids?  Or French-Canadians?  Hard to know. Participants were recruited from six daycares located in Montreal and its suburb ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 21 2011 - 10:31am

Holding Educators Accountable For Evidence-Based Practices: Facilitated Communication Isn't One

 By James Todd (in italics) and Kim Wombles ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jun 24 2011 - 10:44pm

How I Mind-Punked My Way To Failure On ABC's WIPEOUT Last Night

I hope you didn't see my first-to-worst performance in last night's hotties vs. nerds edition of ABC's WIPEOUT. If you did, you know what happened: after winning the round of 24 by almost a minute and then winning the round of 12 by the equ ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jun 24 2011 - 4:32pm

Prayer Or Empathy: Which Is More Likely?

The role of spirituality and religion in individuals' lives  has been studied  since the beginning of modern psychology. It's not been a consistent examination, nor always a useful one, but the desire to understand both why people believe in god ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jun 27 2011 - 9:02am

Memory Like Wine? Not So Much: New Study Simply Reaffirms

An article on Science 2.0  addresses a new study   on just how easy it is to create false memories. According to the article, researchers "show a unique pattern of brain activity when false memories are formed – one that hints at a surprising connect ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jul 1 2011 - 4:39pm

Empathy Erosion is a Logical Response

Empathy erosion is a logical response. You know it is. Or you wouldn't be able to eat meat. If you turn the dial up all the way on empathy, you end up like that strange offshoot of Hinduism, walking around with your mouth covered for fear a fly will f ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Jul 4 2011 - 2:40pm

Another Dubious Autism Treatment: Listening Therapies

Parents are always looking for new treatments to help their children with autism; it can be daunting to keep up with the multitude of new therapies constantly popping up on the internet, many with similar sounding names. There are several different “liste ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Jul 7 2011 - 8:45pm