Psychology

Why Do We Name Our Cars? The Psychology Of Anthropomorphism

People have a strong tendency to give nonhuman entities human characteristics (known as anthropomorphism), and researchers from Harvard and the University of Chicago say they now understand the psychology that underlies this behavior. The research appears ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 25 2010 - 2:32pm

Other People Know You Better Than You Do, Study Shows

Most people believe the individual is the best judge of his or her own personality. But a Washington University Psychologist says that we are not the know-it-alls that we think we are. Simine Vazire, Ph.D., Washington University assistant professor of psy ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 27 2010 - 1:15pm

Born to Believe – Review and Response

A New Scientist article, Born believers: how your brain creates God, takes us through some recent research with children that suggests belief in supernatural beings is somehow hard-wired into the human brain. The starting point is the rather unsurprising s ...

Blog Post - Richard Mankiewicz - Feb 26 2010 - 9:58pm

Pitfalls of weekend shifts

Cannot resist posting the following paperclip, grabbed from a news site this afternoon (it's a Sunday, a critical detail you should not overlook; and this is an Italian newspaper, as should be obvious). The piece reports news on the Chilean earthquake ...

Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Feb 28 2010 - 3:06pm

Blame Video Games For Aggressive Children, Psychologist Says

A new meta-analysis of 130 research reports on more than 130,000 subjects worldwide 'proves conclusively' that exposure to violent video games makes more aggressive, less caring kids, say researchers from Iowa State University and the City Univer ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 1 2010 - 11:45am

Low LPFC Function May Be Risk-Factor For Behavioral Problems

A new study of adult participants in committed relationships suggest that the lateral prefrontal cortex (LPFC) helps people control their emotional reactions to negative facial expressions from their romantic partners. The findings indicate that compromise ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 2 2010 - 12:59pm

Happy People Are Less Trusting People

It may seem safe to assume that happy people are trusting people, but a new study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that, in some instances, people may actually be less trusting of others when they are in a pleasant mood. Accordi ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 2 2010 - 4:28pm

In Person Or Online, Daters Lie Just The Same

Just as they would in face-to-face dating, people who lie about themselves on internet dating services probably are people-pleasers who want to present themselves in the most favorable light to get someone to like them, according to a study in the Journal ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 3 2010 - 1:51pm

Sexsomnia: A Sleep Disorder With Sexual Behaviour

Making love in the middle of the night while both of you are half asleep is undoubtedly pleasurable. But what if you suddenly realize that your partner is still asleep; not just half asleep but fully asleep on the job? If so, then he or she may be sufferin ...

Article - Richard Mankiewicz - Feb 12 2011 - 7:19pm

Go Figure- Children Taught Self-Control Behave Better

 A new study by researchers at the University of Rochester may very well revolutionize the concept of parenting. The study of 226 children from kindergarten up to third grade found that those taught skills to monitor and control their anger and other emoti ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 5 2010 - 2:50pm