Psychology

Quebec Sexual Tastes And Interests: A Little Deviant, Like Everyone Else

Are the sexual interests and behaviors of Quebec residents abnormal?  According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), sexual interests fall into two categories: normal (normophilic) and anomalous (paraphilic) ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 9 2016 - 7:41am

Sending Your Child To School At A Younger Age? They May Get Diagnosed ADHD

In the 1990s, diagnoses of ADD (attention-deficit disorder) and then ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) boomed, aided by public school teachers who didn't want to deal with diverse personalities in the classrooms and sketchy therapists e ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 10 2016 - 6:33am

Touting 'Naturalness' Of Breastfeeding Backfires- Because It Leads To Anti-Vaccine Sentiment

There is a war on working mothers that shouldn't be waged. It is a war that seeks to make breastfeeding moms better parents, while subtly criticizing moms who use formula, which will invariably impact career and poor women most. And there is zero evi ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 15 2016 - 7:00am

Narcissists, Psychopaths And Manipulators Are Less Convincing Online Than In Person

Psychologists overuse terms like narcissist and sociopath as much as they do declaring everyone they dislike has Asperger's, but they get one thing right- if you have to deal with such people, you are better off online than in person.  A team pf psyc ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 18 2016 - 7:00am

Are You Tired Of Being Lectured To By Celebrities?

Veteran foreign correspondent and broadcaster Michael Buerk is getting tired of “bleeding heart” celebrities. In an interview in the latest issue of the Radio Times, Buerk said that he was “a little sniffy about celebs pratting around among the world’s vi ...

Article - The Conversation - Mar 19 2016 - 3:20pm

High Social Media Use Associated With Depression Among Young Adults

A dramatic increase in time spent on social media may be a sign of depression, according to a paper in Depression and Anxiety. And the more time young adults use social media, the more likely they are to be depressed, according to findings which could gui ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 22 2016 - 10:30am

Mindfulness Meditation And Talk Therapy Linked To Lower Chronic Low Back Pain

A group of scholars believed that "mindfulness" meditation, practiced as a way to calm the mind, could be a non-drug alternative to help decrease chronic low back pain that is psychosomatic, and set out to show it.  Claims of chronic low back pa ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 22 2016 - 3:33pm

The 'Not' Face Is Universal

Scholars have identified a single, universal facial expression that is interpreted across many cultures as the embodiment of negative emotion. That includes native speakers of English, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese and American Sign Language (ASL). We've ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 28 2016 - 7:26am

Managers Tolerate Suspect Behavior When Employee Production Is Good

Everyone has known a coworker who wastes time, mismanages resources, and has been known to engage in activities that are conflicts of interest, yet they "do no wrong" in the eyes of the company. Why? Because they produce.  A new paper in Personn ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 6 2016 - 3:22pm

Catfishing: Men On Tinder Expect Casual Sex If A Woman's Appearance Doesn't Match The Profile

Men on Tinder expect casual sex to compensate for the 'breach of trust' when their date's appearance is less attractive than her profile photograph, say sociologists at the British Sociological Association's annual conference in Birmin ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2016 - 11:36am