Psychology

Apocalypse Now: Why Every Stock Market Blip Is Predicted To Our Doom

As is typical of our time, over the past few months, many newscasters have used the words apocalypse or apocalyptic to evoke the negative implications of events as diverse as the threat of Grexit, music streaming wars, an asteroid threat, the American hou ...

Article - The Conversation - Aug 25 2015 - 9:00am

Will You Murder Your Wife?

Domestic homicide is one of the most common and frequent types of murder in the U.S. but murderers who kill intimate partners and family members have a significantly different psychological and forensic profile from murderers who kill people they don' ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 6:00pm

Chocolate Physics: Modeling Molecular Dynamics Could Improve Its 'Mouth Feel'

Lecithin is an ingredient that you've probably never heard of, but one that plays a vital role in the production of chocolate and many other foods. It's never been clear how this ingredient works on a molecular level, and confectioners have reli ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 31 2015 - 9:59am

Goth Teens More Vulnerable To Depression And Self-Harm

Young people who identify with the goth subculture might be at increased risk of depression and self-harm, according to new research published in The Lancet Psychiatry journal. The findings show that teenagers who identified very strongly with being a got ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 2 2015 - 8:24am

Medicinal Marijuana Patients Battle Stigma

Before gluten sensitivity was a running joke in popular culture, medical marijuana held the preeminent position as easy humor fodder. The reason was simple: It did nothing for glaucoma, beyond the placebo range, and though the vast majority of clinical pai ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2015 - 12:03pm

Can Black Republicans Win Black Votes? Unlikely

Are black voters more likely to vote for black candidates, regardless of political party affiliation? Not according to a paper by a scholar from the University of Cincinnati. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 11 2015 - 7:30am

How Sports Can Help Change Perceptions Of Mental Illness

News that Sydney Swans star Lance “Buddy” Franklin, arguably the biggest name in the Australian Football League (AFL), is experiencing a mental health condition has garnered a lot of media attention. His story highlights not only the persistent stigma sur ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 10 2015 - 7:00am

Mindfulness Is An Ideal Tool To Induce Compliance

“If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are.” Hsin Hsin Ming Almost every person who walks through my practice doorway is anxious in some way. And so they should be. While their anxiety might be b ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 23 2015 - 7:30am

Advertising Kings Of The Future: Brain Scientists And Dream Experts

It’s been 60 years since the first TV ad was broadcast in the UK. In that time, we’ve moved from the innocent grainy black-and-white “Tingle of Health” of Gibbs SR toothpaste, to the sophisticated hyper-reality of 4K TV and beyond, in lock-step with devel ...

Article - The Conversation - Sep 23 2015 - 12:00pm

Babies Time Their Smiles To Make Their Moms Smile In Return

Why do babies smile when they interact with their parents? Could their smiles have a purpose? A team of computer scientists, roboticists and psychologists say they can confirm what most parents already suspect: when babies smile, they do so with a purpose ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2015 - 7:30am