Psychology

A Friend's Success Trumps Celebrity Endorsements For Health Advice

There may be a new explanation for why fad diets tend to cluster in pockets- and it may help companies spend their marketing money a little smarter also. ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 13 2015 - 4:20pm

Stress As Cause Of Inequality Rather Than A Consequence Of It

If you are not a person who handles stress well, you are unlikely to enter a high-risk, high-reward field like sales, instead something calmer will be more suitable, even if the pay is much lower. Making less money did not cause your stress level, stress c ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 18 2015 - 6:45pm

Why Do Patients Who Tried To Commit Suicide Using Medication Get Prescribed More Medication?

Patients who have tried to commit suicide with medication are prescribed more medication after the attempt, not less, according to an analysis of patients who were admitted to three Norwegian hospitals after deliberate self-poisoning.  The psychologists be ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2015 - 4:58pm

Only 10 Percent Of Students Stand Up To Cyber-Bullies- But They Will Give Them A Bad Online Review

In an experiment, 221 college students in an online chat room watched a fellow student get "bullied" right before their eyes but only 10 percent did something about it, either by helping the victim or confronting the bully. Even in the safe onlin ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2015 - 10:10am

Facial Expression More Important To Conveying Emotion In Music Than In Speech

Regular concert-goers are used to seeing singers use expressive and even very dramatic facial expressions- that's because it works. Music and speech are alike in that they use both facial and acoustic cues to engage listeners in an emotional experien ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2015 - 4:39pm

Mandarin Speakers Read Emotions In Voices, English Speakers In Faces

Mandarin-speaking Chinese more likely to read emotions in the voices of others, while English-speaking North Americans rely more on facial expressions, according to a new paper. That may be why Americans think Chinese language is exaggerated while the Chin ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2015 - 3:36am

Teachers Are Biased Toward Students Who Share Their Personality

The more similar the personalities of teachers and their pupils, the more likely the teachers are to grade them highly, according to new research from Germany. The findings again open up the debate around the subtle biases teachers have about their pupils ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 25 2015 - 2:30pm

Rats Know How To Repay Kindness

If I scratch your back and you scratch mine, then we’re both better off as a result – so goes the principle of reciprocity, one of the most popular explanations for how co-operative behavior has evolved. But what if one partner provides a better service t ...

Article - The Conversation - Feb 26 2015 - 12:30pm

Facilitated Communication: Why Do Debunked Autism Treatment Fads Persist?

Parents of kids with severe autism are willing to try anything- unfortunately, a lot of people who claim to be experts in psychology and communication disorders don't understand science and may continue to try things long after they have been debunked ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 26 2015 - 4:16pm

Misconceptions About The Psychology Of Food Choice

In a symposium on social psychology, psychologists are challenging the beliefs of other psychologists about the effectiveness of traditional strategies for encouraging healthy eating.  A paper in the Journal of the American Medical Association observed wh ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 1 2015 - 12:45pm