Psychology

Osteoporosis And Depression Linked, Says Study

A review article published in the European journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics says there is a relationship between depression and bone metabolism. The study says that the association between psychiatric illness, in particular depression, and osteopor ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2009 - 3:07pm

That Magazine May Be Making You Fat

In the first-ever study of food advertisements in UK magazines, researchers found them filled with sugary, salt-filled options often contradicting the health messages the articles were trying to put across.  That means that women sitting down to enjoy some ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 19 2009 - 7:34pm

Races And Faces- Better Recognition Would Lead To Less Bias, Says Study

There may be a simple way to address racial bias: Help people improve their ability to distinguish between faces of individuals of a different race, according to Brown University and University of Victoria researchers who say they learned this through a ne ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 21 2009 - 12:35pm

Facial Features Influence How We Hear Too

The movement of facial skin and muscles around the mouth plays an important role not only in the way the sounds of speech are made, but also in the way they are heard according to a study by scientists at Haskins Laboratories, a Yale-affiliated research la ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 23 2009 - 3:16pm

The Death of Long Term Memory

This fascinating article at Scientific American, about human and animal consciousness, contains the following passage: "In humans, the short-term storage of symbolic information—as when you enter an acquaintance’s phone number into your iPhone’s memo ...

Blog Post - Mike Battista - Jan 24 2009 - 7:02pm

Not Just Materialism- Brand Loyalty Linked To 'Death' Anxiety

Some men are Baptists, others Catholics; my father was an Oldsmobile man- Jean Shepherd, "A Christmas Story" Do you have brand loyalty?   Some of it may be historical ideas of quality, to be sure- if you bought a Mercedes-Benz this decade it was ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 26 2009 - 10:48am

Is It Possible To Feel Empathetic Pain?

Is it possible to share a pain that you observe in another but have never actually experienced yourself?  A new study uses brain-imaging  to try and answer this question and the research,  published in Neuron, may provide insight into the brain mechanisms ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 28 2009 - 12:27am

Everyone Can Predict The Interest Level Of Men On A Date- But Not Of The Women With Them

When it comes to assessing the romantic playing field-- who might be interested in whom-- men and women were shown to be equally good at gauging men's interest during an Indiana University study involving speed dating-- and equally bad at judging wome ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2009 - 10:47am

Learn Better Self Control Using More Temptation

In almost every diet book you read, they tell you to never get hungry.   You will binge if you do, they all say, because of temptation and that gnawing in your stomach.   Yet all those snacks and meals have corresponded to a ballooning obesity problem whic ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 30 2009 - 6:18pm

What Funny Faces Can Tell Us About Schizophrenia

As many as 2.4 million Americans have schizophrenia so a late or incorrect diagnosis and the lack of effective treatment options can destroy a sufferer's quality of life. Schizophrenia usually emerges between the ages of 18 and 30 but diagnosis before ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2009 - 1:40pm