Psychology
- Mental Health Professionals Not Qualified To Assess Long-Term Effects Of Torture
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Here is an article relating to a discussion about the qualifications of mental health professionals in assessing the long-term effects of torture. There is extensive research, they argue, that torture causes long-term mental health problems. However, " ...
Article - Gerhard Adam - Jan 28 2010 - 10:15pm
- An Experiment In The Causes Of Warfare
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An Experiment In The Causes Of Warfare The President of Europe has not been elected; he was appointed in a secret meeting of the heads of government of the 27 EU member states. They chose one of their own. Herman Van Rompuy was the Prime Minister of Belgi ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 1 2010 - 2:40pm
- Autonomy Is Key To Fostering Creativity In Kids
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Children and young adults are more likely to pursue sports, music or other pastimes when given an opportunity to nurture their own passion, according to a three-part study Published in the latest Journal of Personality. As part of the study, the research t ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2010 - 11:34am
- Too Much Googling Causes Depression?
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Psychologists at the University of Leeds say people who spend a lot of time browsing the internet are more likely to show depressive symptoms. In a study to be published in the journal Psychopathology next week, researchers documented evidence that some us ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2010 - 12:30pm
- Seeing Virtue May Make Us Virtuous, Study Shows
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The uplifting emotion we experience when watching others perform a virtuous deed--known as "elevation"--may be enough to get us to go out and perform good acts ourselves, say new findings reported in Psychological Science. During the study, volun ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 3 2010 - 1:02pm
- An Evolutionary Role For Same-Sex Attraction?
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From an evolutionary perspective, same sex attraction doesn't make much sense. But a pair of psychologists writing in Psychological Science say the "kin selection hypothesis" may explain why the trait has persisted for eons without conferrin ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 4 2010 - 5:34pm
- How To Model A Smoking Gun
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How To Model A Smoking Gun Conspiracy theorists just love to get hold of a piece of new information and claim that it is the 'smoking gun' that 'conclusively proves' their pet theory. The psychology behind this mode of argument is so ...
Article - Patrick Lockerby - Feb 7 2010 - 6:48am
- Consumers Value Expert Opinion When It Comes To Health
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According to a study of how people evaluate and act on online health advice, information written by a doctor is considered more credible when it appears on a Web site than on a blog or a homepage. The findings, published in the Journal Communication Resear ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2010 - 11:47am
- Stress Sensitivity Isn't Always Bad For Children
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Conventional wisdom says that children who are especially sensitive to stress are more vulnerable to adversity and have more behavior and health problems than their peers. But a new study in the journal Child Development suggests that highly sensitive chil ...
Article - News Staff - Feb 5 2010 - 2:13pm
- The Economist's new Schumpeter column continues to disappoint.
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I wrote this letter in response to his 1 December 19 column. The letter sank without a trace, despite that it was admirably concise and pithy- if I do say so myself. ...
Blog Post - Fred Phillips - Feb 7 2010 - 12:44am
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