Psychology

Hot Hand Bias: Monkeys Believe In Winning Streaks Too

The sign of a bad gambler is the belief that they are on a winning streak, that luck is just going their way. Gambling is math and luck. If you can afford to keep doubling, you will win. And as long as you stop after you win, you can never lose. That is w ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2014 - 12:31pm

Bad Video Game Behavior May Make People Good In Real Life

If your child spends their evening beating up hookers in Grand Theft Auto, there is a silver lining- they are less likely to actually beat up hookers in real life. At least surveys by humanities scholars say so. This is good knowledge. There has long been ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 27 2014 - 5:56pm

Managers Are Negative On Social Media At Work- But Use It Most

Surveys show that managers hold more negative attitudes to private use of social media at work- they should know what a time waster it is, they use it more than subordinates. 11,000 Norwegian employees participated in a study called 'Predictors of Us ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2014 - 10:58am

That Jerk Doesn't Know He's A Jerk

Jill Abramson was recently ousted from her position as the executive editor of The New York Times. Her defenders said it was because of her gender (yet she got the job) and her demand for more compensation (she was paid more than her predecessor and the N ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2014 - 2:38pm

At Risk For Addiction? You Share A Neurobiological Profile With People Who Already Are

Can addiction be predicted? That's always been the goal and conjecture has focused on everything from family to environment. But there are just as many fails as wins. A child who grew up in a house with smokers is only correlated to smoking if they f ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2014 - 11:49am

Paper Links Poor Physical Health And Saving For Retirement

There can't be many rich fat people because poor physical health and financial health are driven by the same underlying psychological factors, according to Lamar Pierce, PhD, associate professor of strategy at Washington University in St. Louis, and ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2014 - 4:03pm

Orgasms And Secrets: That's Just What We Call Pillow Talk, Baby

Orgasms aren’t just good for your sexual relationship, they may also promote good communication, according to a paper in Communication Monographs. In the aftermath of having experienced an orgasm, people are more likely to share important information with ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 2 2014 - 10:46am

25 Minutes Of Mindfulness Meditation Alleviates Stress

Mindfulness meditation is all the rage in meditation circles but does it work? Most research claiming benefits have focused on lengthy, weeks-long training programs using people who already like meditation. A new paper in Psychoneuroendocrinology is about ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 7 2014 - 6:31am

To Become An Expert, Practice Is Not Enough

People have been debating whether experts are "born" or "made" since the mid-1800s. In recent years, deliberate practice has received considerable attention in these debates, while innate ability has been pushed to the side, due in par ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 21 2014 - 4:41pm

PNES: Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures Benefit From Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES) are seizures that resemble epilepsy but are instead a psychological condition. It is not the result of abnormal brain electrical activity. Because it looks like epilepsy, but isn't, it can be made worse by ant ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 2 2014 - 5:58pm