Psychology

Ovulation Motivates Women To Outdo Other Women

Once a month, millions of women change their economic behavior and become more focused on their social standing relative to other women, says a paper written by scholars from The University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Minnesota. Why are ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2014 - 2:29pm

Marketing: We Can't Just Ask, Because Consumers Can’t Tell

People believe that they know what moves them to act; marketers seem to agree.   To learn what people think and feel about a product or message, just ask them, right? ...

Article - Joel Weinberger - Feb 27 2014 - 10:49am

Is Wind Turbine Syndrome A Real Thing?

Here's an intellectual puzzle; which is more real, the viability of wind power as anything more than a sustainable gimmick or Wind Turbine Syndrome? ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 17 2014 - 9:32pm

Is 'Gaydar' Real? Psychology Paper Says It Is

How can you find a gay person? It's easy, just look on television. After the successes of "Will  &  Grace" and "Modern Family", networks have been putting gay characters everywhere they can. When the new comedy series "Wh ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2014 - 2:00pm

Would A Science Barbie Hurt Female Participation In Science?

While Barbie was once as stereotypical as G.I. Joe, in modern years she can 'be anything.' Ken is still kind of annoying, however. Yet to some it is not enough. Barbie must go. You won't be surprised to find that an article in Sex Roles, wh ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2014 - 11:21am

We Just Want To Be Liked: Frequent Facebook Use Linked To Eating Disorder Risk

Frequent Facebook users also share a greater risk of eating disorders, according to a new psychology paper. The small sample used 960 college students (naturally) and determined that more time on Facebook was associated with higher levels of disordered ea ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2014 - 6:30pm

What You're Doing Affects Perception Of Earthquake Intensity More Than Where You're At

While instruments an provide an objective measure of earthquake intensity, the intensity of ground motion is often anecdotal. How accurate and reliable are public perceptions? A new study in Seismological Research Letters suggests that a person's act ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 7 2014 - 8:51am

Clinical Trial: Mindfulness Meditation May Lessen Some Symptoms Of Teens With Cancer

The results of a small clinical trial intervention found that mindfulness-based meditation could lessen some symptoms associated with cancer in teens. Mindfulness-based meditation sounds fuzzy, because it claims to focus on the 'present moment' ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2014 - 12:01am

Democrats, Republicans See Each Other As Mindless- Unless They're A Threat

When are members of opposing political parties not simply stupid, uninformed, inhuman hordes lacking in ethics and compassion, or incompetent? When they are in charge. Then they can be creators of a vast conspiracy whose manipulative efforts are everywher ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 20 2017 - 12:42pm

Stressed Out Women Become More Prosocial- Stressed Men Hunker Down

We all feel stressed but a new paper finds that how we deal with it is different- even in as broad a category as men and women. Stressed women apparently become more "prosocial".  ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2014 - 10:51am