Psychology

When It Comes To Replicating Psychology Studies, Good Luck

Numerous confounding factors reduce the likelihood of replicating psychological studies, which are rarely replicated anyway. For example, the race of participants in an experiment or the geography of where the experiment was run can reduce the likelihood ...

Article - News Staff - May 24 2016 - 8:09am

Mindfulness Is Not A Waste Of Time

Mindfulness is about paying attention to the present moment in a non-judgmental way. The practitioner learns to avoid dwelling on the past or worrying about the future. This can be difficult, especially for people suffering from anxiety and depression, bu ...

Article - The Conversation - May 27 2016 - 10:27am

Sorry Social Psychology, Mating By Education Level Not Affecting Genetic Make-Up

We've seen increasingly bizarre claims from social psychologists and advocates with confirmation bias: American liberals are evolving into a different species, they have prettier children, conservatives are motivated by fear, and more.  One thing is ...

Article - News Staff - May 31 2016 - 7:28am

Food And Beverage Products Marketed By Musicians Are Unhealthy

You don't see a lot of celebrities advertising kale- which is okay, kale is not all that healthy, but at least it has a health halo. Not so for soda and other sugary drinks, fast food and sweets, and those are among the most common food and beverage ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 6 2016 - 1:55pm

Anxiety- Women, Young People Impacted Most

Anxiety may be a first world problem- and a young female one at that. A review of reviews (so calibrate your expectations) in Brain and Behavior finds that women are almost twice as likely to experience anxiety as men, and people from Western Europe and N ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 6 2016 - 11:15am

Eating In Moderation Varies By Individual

Though diet book authors claim they have a once-size-fits-all solution for weight gain, be it giving up sugar or salt or wheat, the fact is that we have the luxury of being able to eat in excess for a very low cost.  But 'do everything in moderation& ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 13 2016 - 12:03pm

Veneer Of Social Responsibility Drives Green Products

How can you buy a new car and still appear socially responsible? Make it a hybrid or electric car. The manufacturing strain on the environment is the same, and the energy production strain is worse because the energy density is far less than combustion, b ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 9 2016 - 12:59pm

Psychiatric Diagnoses Not Valid For African-Americans, Says Sociologist

Depression is different for African-Americans than Caucasian-Americans or Latin-Americans, and   the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V), the primary source of diagnostic information for clinicians, psychiatric drug regulation ag ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 24 2016 - 7:51am

How Republicans And Democrats View Foreigners Since Bin Laden's Death

At the 2012 Democratic convention, when President Obama mentioned that his administration had killed the terrorist Osama Bin Laden, the building erupted in cheers. This was positively un-Democratic, to both Democrats and Republicans. Democrats were suppos ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 29 2016 - 7:30am

Religion Steers Adolescents Away From Porn

A new paper in the Journal of Adolescenc e finds that adolescents attending religious services has a positive affect on reducing pornography viewing. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2016 - 7:52am