Psychology

What Savants, Child Prodigies And Autistics May Share In Common

In the past, the stereotypes of autism often included a savant capability in some specific thing. A new look at eight child 'prodigies' suggests there may actually be a link between the children's special skills and autism.  Or, people who ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 9 2012 - 4:00pm

Can Bilingualism Help With Rescuing Children From Poverty?

Adverse childhood experiences, such as being raised in poverty, can be detrimental for cognitive development often leaving children struggling in school and trapped forever in a cycle of hardship. But a study is now suggesting a innovative (and easy) way t ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Nov 13 2012 - 4:33pm

Health Care Access Doesn't Help Prevent Doctor Suicide

Suicidal doctors have excellent access to health care but appear to be under-treated for mental health problems, according to a new University of Michigan analysis.   More physicians than non-physicians in their analysis had known mental health problems p ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 12 2012 - 8:10pm

No Driver License To Anybody Unaware Of Some Consciousness Research

Car accidents are the number one killer of teenagers in America!  There is something that should have been done a long time ago and that would help all drivers and of course their "victims".  We don’t do it, because people are afraid to doubt th ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Dec 1 2013 - 11:21pm

Having Facebook Friends Is So Stressful

A large number of friends on Facebook has been linked to higher levels of stress, according to surveys compiled by the University of Edinburgh Business School which found that the more groups of people in someone's Facebook friends, the greater poten ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 26 2012 - 6:00pm

People Make Moral Evaluations Instantly, Brain Study Shows

When people witness a hurtful action they make a moral determination based on whether it is intentional or accidental instantly, according to a new paper. The paper says the brain is hard-wired to recognize when another person is being intentionally harme ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 2 2012 - 12:45pm

Rigid Fearfulness Linked To Autism Severity

Most people learn when to be afraid and when things are not as bad as they might have once seemed but some new research on autism shows that children with the diagnosis don't easily let go of old, outdated fears and that this rigid fearfulness is lin ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 30 2012 - 1:00pm

Obese Kids Love Junk Food Advertisements

Can advertising make kids fat?  Childhood obesity rates have tripled in the past 30 years and food marketing has been implicated as one factor contributing to this trend.  A week after the Hostess company, makers of Twinkies, went bankrupt, a member of Co ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 30 2012 - 9:30am

Thermography: Lying And The Thermal Footprint Of Flamenco

It sounds as suspect as every other lie detector test, but psychologists have used thermography, a technique based on determining body temperature, to determine if someone is telling the truth. They say a person telling a lie has been shown to undergo a & ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2012 - 1:00pm

Nostalgia Can Make You Feel Warmer, Say Psychologists

If you can't afford heat during the ongoing economic malaise, there is some good news; psychology surveys show that students who think about happier times are warmer. The results, published in Emotion, used college students in China and the Netherlan ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2012 - 12:00pm