Psychology

Chronic Lyme Disease And Fibromyalgia: New Meta-Analysis Suggests Doctors Are Gaslighting Patients

A recent meta-analysis of 151 studies included 11,307 instances of some conditions physicians and scientists dismiss and critics of medicine deem it medical "gaslighting." Joining them are alternative medicine proponents, like Folk Traditional Al ...

Article - Hank Campbell - Jul 29 2025 - 1:44pm

The Bystander Effect Of Aggression- When Your Peers Attack

If you have spent any time on social media, you have a different kind of bystander effect in action. Psychologists say if many people are around, the bystander effect is why everyone is less likely to help. They believe someone else will be more competent ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 9 2025 - 9:50am

Yankeedom, New France, Left Coast: 'Wellness' Is Regional And Based On Which Europeans Settled There

People in the northeast of the United States think they have greater "wellness" than everywhere else except California. People in the southern United States think they have more wellness than everywhere else. Which is right? They both are. Wellne ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2025 - 10:36am

Prenatal Depression May Be A Sign Of Privilege

New survey results find that sociocultural factors may be involved in how likely someone is to report moderate to severe depression symptoms and get a prenatal depression diagnosis. ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2025 - 12:30pm

Trust As Commodity: How Ukraine Public Services Keep Going During War

Three years into war with Russia and martial law, public services continue to operate and citizens continue to have confidence in them. A new analysis of survey results in Government information Quarterly says trust in public figures and a sense of coopera ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 22 2025 - 8:49am

Why Dogs Get Addicted To Their Lamb Chop Toy

In 1956, prize-winning puppeteer Shari Lewis appeared on the Captain Kangaroo children's show and debuted a new...well, it was basically a sock with eyes.(1) She called it Lamb Chop, though, and her ventriloquism was a big hit with kids. Imagine what ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 10 2025 - 3:14pm

Are Ghosts Real? Examining The Evidence

Is it possible for there to be ghosts? – Madelyn, age 11, Fort Lupton, Colorado Certainly, lots of people believe in ghosts – a spirit left behind after someone who was alive has died. In a 2021 poll of 1,000 American adults, 41% said they believe in ghos ...

Article - The Conversation - Dec 5 2025 - 2:47pm