Psychology

Independent Voters Decide Elections, But Undecided Voters Least Likely To Vote

Get-out-the-vote campaigns matter, which is why U.S. political parties encourage those in their tribe to vote by mail long before any controversies can change their mind. Voting is so predictable that about six percent of voters actually decide the electio ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 1 2024 - 5:21pm

Halloween Horror Science: Are Chickens That Learn A Bigger Threat To Us Than AI?

The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) vegetarian advocacy group has a paper out arguing that common broiler chickens not only learn more than the obvious, like which bowl has food, they get happier learning.  Their marketing ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Oct 30 2024 - 1:19pm

How Social Media Affects Young People

Last year, the American Psychological Association (APA) issued a health advisory on the use of social media by adolescents. This was based on mounting scientific evidence that social media has both benefits and risks for teens, and that parents and guardi ...

Article - Mark Pierce - Oct 31 2024 - 12:40am

Thanksgiving Science: Did COVID-19 Revive Family Dinners?

If cultural pundits can invent an Anthropocene Epoch then a Digital Epoch makes even more sense. In 2000, only in Japan did you see people on trains four inches from other humans chatting other humans on other trains, most of whom they'd never meet. N ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 1 2024 - 12:35pm

Counseling By Math: Why Your Relationship Is A Sine Wave

Marriage counseling is so 20th century.  The 21st century may belong to relationship n euroinformaticians because they can create a mathematical model for efficient communication in your love life.  The dynamics of love can look like a sine wave, with smoo ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 15 2024 - 10:25am

Rutgers Study- Forcing DEI Programs On People Increases Hostility

If you have done nothing wrong, do you want to be treated like a criminal? That was always the failure of Social Justice Social Science efforts like the Implicit Bias test; you're a racist, the test will show you how racist you are.  You may not hate ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Nov 25 2024 - 4:52pm

Starting Thanksgiving, 80 Percent Of You Will Regret Your Holiday Food Choices

Once again this year, consumers say they are weighing their options for making healthier choices. And 81 percent say they wish they had made healthier choices before- but 70 percent have no plans to make their holiday meals healthier this year even though ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 25 2024 - 6:31pm

She's Not Going To Propose This Holiday And Here's Why

The Christmas period isn’t just for presents, sparkling lights and too much festive food – it’s also prime time for couples to get engaged. And for heterosexual couples, this is likely to happen in a specific way. The man will do the asking. Traditional v ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 19 2024 - 5:42pm

Gift-Giving Is In Our Nature

In ancient civilizations, rulers and nobles exchanged gifts as acts of prestige. Only when Assyria came into existence, and it had a need for manpower and resources to feed its conquering empire, did gifts turn into taxes and government become overlord of ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Dec 23 2024 - 1:00pm

Christmas Is Not About Reciprocity- But It's Hard To Escape

The magi, as you know, were wise men – wonderfully wise men – who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the art of giving Christmas presents. ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 23 2024 - 1:46pm