Psychology

Love, Commitment Make Sex Better For Most Women

Love and commitment make sex physically more satisfying for many women, according to Penn State Abington sociologist Beth Montemurro. In interviews of 95 heterosexual women between the ages of 20 and 68 and from a range of backgrounds, most believed love ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 19 2014 - 12:00pm

Sociologists Link Breastfeeding To Lower Risk Of Postnatal Depression

Survey results of over 10,000 mothers have led sociologists to conclude that women who breastfed their babies are at significantly lower risk of postnatal depression than those who do not. The paper in Maternal and Child Health notes that mothers who plann ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2014 - 6:00am

Facial Symmetry And Good Health May Not Be Related

Is beauty in the face of the beheld? Shutterstock By Richard Cook, City University London Beauty, it is said, is in the eye of the beholder. And yet, there are many faces that a majority would find beautiful, say, George Clooney’s or Audrey Hepburn’s. ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 20 2014 - 1:57pm

Do Nutrition Rating Systems Encourage Healthier Spending Habits?

Cornell University marketing researchers recently tracked the purchasing records in a supermarket chain that uses the Guiding Stars System to rate the nutritional value of foods for sale.  ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2014 - 1:05pm

Objectification In Romance Related To Sexual Pressure And Coercion

To sexually objectify someone is to focus on their body in terms of how it can provide sexual pleasure rather than viewing that person as a complete human being with thoughts and feelings. Objectification has long been considered a problem in the media- s ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2014 - 9:17pm

Weekend Science: When It Comes To Pizza Aesthetics, Cheese Matters

Most consumers have an idea of their favorite pizza and it may have nothing at all to do with taste. The imagery on television commercials is gooey cheese stretching from the pie to the slice. Marketers have always known that cheese matters and now scienc ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2014 - 3:48pm

Orgasm Rates For Single Women Less Predictable Than Men

During sex with a familiar partner, men have the highest orgasm rates- though lesbian women apparently don't do too badly. On average, men experience orgasm 85.1 percent of the time, with only slight deviation by sexual orientation but women experien ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2014 - 11:58am

Smartphone Social Slippage: Young People Losing Ability To Read Emotions

It's a smartphone world; a decade ago a crowded train of passengers all locked into their phones texting to other people while ignoring the live humans six inches from them was just xenophobic Japanese culture but today it is common all across the de ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 22 2014 - 10:43am

Fungicide Vinclozolin Linked To Great Granddaughter's Stress

Feeling stressed out? Blame your great-grandparents. Psychologists have linked ancestral exposure by a common fungicide, vinclozolin, to the stress levels of rats generations later. Epigenetically. Vinclozolin is a fungicide commonly used by farmers to wa ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 25 2014 - 5:51pm

The Social Norms Of Electronic Cigarette Use By Teenagers

Electronic cigarettes are battery operated inhalation devices that provide vaporized nicotine to users without the harm of tobacco smoke. They are often marketed as a healthier alternative to cigarettes and have filled shelves of convenience stores since l ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 26 2014 - 7:00am