Psychology

Few events encapsulate our infatuation with a well-told story as much as Christmas. As a culture, we are dependent on stories as a tool with which to negotiate our daily lives and make sense of the world around us. In particular, we love magical ones becau ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 23 2024 - 1:56pm

Brits Associate Accents With Crime But Trust Scottish Accents Most

With Burns Night this weekend, Scotland will celebrate its heritage. In the First Among Equals country to the south that controls them, Scottish accents used to mean trouble. Now, it is the sound of safety for both English men and women. A new study finds ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 23 2025 - 3:34pm

Two Fewer Almonds: That's All You Need To Prevent Weight Gain

When people see labels or menus listing the calories in their food, it doesn't change their consumption in any way beyond what experts call "statistical wobble." About two fewer almonds worth of calories per meal. But two almonds over time c ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 24 2025 - 10:35am

Gym Paradox: People Want To Get Healthier But Until They're Healthier Don't Feel Comfortable

Gym Bro, Curl Gurl, Gym Rat if you choose not to identify as any gender- everyone knows what it means, and it can be pretty intimidating if you walk into a fitness center as a new member. Imagine feeling like you have to get in shape before you can join a ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jan 29 2025 - 4:12pm

Bisexual, Polygyny: Satoshi Kanazawa Says He Knows Why Women Are Sexually Fluid

Controversial evolutionary psychologist Dr. Satoshi Kanazawahas written a new evolutionary psychology paper arguing that women may have been evolutionarily designed to be sexually fluid, changing their sexual desires and identities from lesbian, to bisex ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 7 2025 - 5:19pm

Female Physicians 50% More Likely To Commit Suicide

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data have revealed an alarming trend: female physicians were 53% more likely to commit suicide than females in the general population. Women are still only 25% of physician suicides, men are 80% of doctors who kil ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Feb 26 2025 - 12:37pm

Epidemiologists Blame 15th Century Science For Modern Brain Tumors

Claims about occupational hazards, chemicals correlated to disease, occur every week, from non-stick spatulas to flame-retardant couches, and the group targeted more by those efforts than pregnant women are first responders like firefighters. A new paper l ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Mar 21 2025 - 9:47am

Yes, We’re Living Inside A Simulation

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Article - Fred Phillips - Apr 4 2025 - 12:37pm

Is Bugs Bunny Making Your Child A Killer?

A team of Oregon State University researchers say they have implemented a classroom-based intervention that reduces the amount of violent TV that children watch- by 18 percent among first- through fourth-grade children. And that's good, they say, bec ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 7 2025 - 8:57am

Climate Change Is Causing More Snowflakes

In a bizarre experiment, scholars declared that survivors of one of California's annual wildfires instead suffered PTSD due to climate change. It was a small group, 27 who had been near a fire in 2018, 21 who had seen smoke, and 27 in the control grou ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Apr 16 2025 - 12:00am