Psychology

Slender women worry about packing on extra weight, say Brigham Young University researchers who used MRI technology to observe what happened in the brain when people viewed images of complete strangers. If the stranger happened to be overweight and female, ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2010 - 4:40pm

Slective Hearing? OR the normal working of man's mind?

Selective hearing- How many times have you heard that term? It might be totally false! We are, as humans simply thinking in pictures. ...

Blog Post - Rich Shull - Apr 18 2010 - 8:32pm

Selective Hearing? OR the normal working of man's mind?

Selective hearing- How many times have you heard that term? It might be totally false! We are, as humans simply thinking in pictures. ...

Blog Post - Rich Shull - Apr 18 2010 - 9:53pm

Morality Controls Physical Endurance, Psychologists Suggest

Moral behavior may increase our capacity for willpower and physical endurance, according to new research from Harvard University. Participants in the new study who did good deeds-- or even just imagined themselves helping others-- were better able to perfo ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2010 - 3:52pm

Airport Security Neutralized By Water Bottles

In a study study likely to increase travelers' trust in the TSA, Duke university researchers say identifying a prohibited item such as a water bottle may keep airport security from detecting harder-to-spot items in the same scan. In the new study, pub ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2010 - 3:52pm

Islands of Autism Genius- patch them together for best results and normal life

Perhaps one of the most outstanding sides to autism is the "Islands of Genius" . Weather we are the famous Rain Man type Savant or Einstein or even well hidden fairly normal people that figured out all of autism it is all the same autism. The no ...

Blog Post - Rich Shull - Apr 21 2010 - 10:49am

Sports Star Role Models? Rubbish, Researchers Say

The suggestion that famous athletes serve as role models for underage fans is "rubbish," say researchers writing in Drug and Alcohol Review. The authors found that the loutish and drunken behavior of some pro athletes – routinely reported in the ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2010 - 11:10am

Bonding With The Autistic Child- A Fool-Proof Plan To Get The Most Progress, And The Most Cooperation

The first year I was working as a Behavior Therapist, I had a client named David*- a five year old boy with autism, who was my first case as a newly-promoted supervising Senior Therapist. My boss and I met the entire family at their home on an initial fact ...

Article - Andrea Kuszewski - Apr 28 2010 - 10:55am

Country Music Kills: Radio Airtime Ups White Suicide Rate

I've been a blog slacker and for that I deserve a spanking. My vote is from the capable hands of the UCLA women's volleyball team. But that's another story. Here's the real story: country music kills. I've long known that country ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jun 6 2010 - 9:45am

The Robin Hood Morality Quiz: Results

Yesterday I posted the highly insightful and scientifically bullet proof (wink-wink, nod-nod) Robin Hood Morality Quiz—you shoulda ranked Robin, Maid Marion, Little John and the good sheriff of Nottingham from most-to-least moral. Check the chart below to ...

Article - Garth Sundem - Jun 25 2010 - 4:20pm