Psychology

LONDON, February 8 /PRNewswire/-- It's a fact that men have sex on the brain more than women. Yet, encouraging men and women to think about sex in a different way is important for the public's health and wellbeing according to the Sexual Advice ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 14 2011 - 2:39pm

Do We Need Religion To Make Moral Judgments?

Religion is a hotly debated topic both among scholars and the general public, and a new paper authored by researchers from the University of Helsinki and Harvard University is only likely to up the level controversy surrounding the subject. Published in T ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 8 2010 - 1:17pm

"Justice" In Italy And The Role Of Psychology In Courtroom Trials

My recent love of watching TV online while attempting to get some of my more mindless tasks done led me to discover a "48 Hours: Mystery" episode called " American Girl: Italian Murder " on Amanda Knox, the American study abroad student ...

Article - Me W - May 15 2010 - 5:27pm

The DSM-V: The New, The Revised, The Opportunities For Pharma

If the folks behind the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) were crafty, they would have latched on to the upcoming movie, "The Crazies," for some free publicity. 1 Although that's probably not quite the image they wa ...

Article - Becky Jungbauer - Feb 10 2010 - 1:01pm

Midday Naps May Make Us Smarter

New research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggest that a biphasic sleep schedule, sleeping several times a day, not only refreshes the mind, but can also make us smarter. Conversely, the more hours we spend awake, the more sluggish our mind ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 22 2010 - 6:49pm

What Makes A Hollywood Blockbuster? Science Has The Answer

What makes Hollywood blockbusters? Scientists writing in Psychological Scienc e may have the answer. Using the sophisticated tools of modern perception research to deconstruct 70 years of film, shot by shot, the Cornell researchers say that successful movi ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2010 - 12:40pm

Belief In Personal God Improves Response To Depression Treatment

Patients diagnosed with clinical depression may respond better to medical treatment as a result of belief in a personal God, say researchers at Rush University Medical Center writing in the Journal of Clinical Psychology. 136 adults diagnosed with major de ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 23 2010 - 2:22pm

Atheists And Liberals More Intelligent, Says Atheist, Liberal Psychologist

According to a new study in Social Psychology Quarterly, the higher your IQ the more likely you are to be a liberal and an atheist. The author says this is because more intelligent people exhibit social values and political preferences that are novel to th ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 24 2012 - 1:11am

How The Human Brain Responds To Inequality

Researchers from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland have found that the reward centers in the human brain respond more strongly when a poor person receives a financial reward than when a rich person does ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 8 2010 - 7:03pm

What Are The Psychological Beliefs of Atheists And Christians?

In 2008, Sam Harris posted an online survey seeking the opinions of Christians and atheists on a wide variety of topics. The real aim was to design the survey for their subsequent laboratory research with properly phrased questions that would either polari ...

Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - Feb 24 2010 - 9:56pm