Psychology

Human-Centered Reasoning Not Universal, Psychologists Say

For decades, the consensus among psychologists was that young children adopt an "anthropocentric" stance, favoring humans over non-human animals, when they begin reasoning about the biological world. But a new study published in Cognitive Develop ...

Article - News Staff - May 10 2010 - 6:37pm

On Mental Illness, Inmates, And Recidivism

The admittedly small and self-selected group of inmates that I provide psychotherapy for on a weekly basis at our local county jail has inspired my curiosity about the mental and emotional health of general inmate populations throughout the United States. ...

Article - Laura Hult - May 10 2010 - 8:54pm

A Woman's Touch Increases Risk Taking

A woman's touch tends to make us feel secure and increases our risk tolerance as a result, according to a new study in Psychological science. The authors believe this soothing effect originates during infancy, when children have a lot of physical cont ...

Article - News Staff - May 11 2010 - 3:35pm

Psychological Disorders Create Long-Term Economic Woes

A RAND corporation study examining the long-term economic consequences of childhood psychological disorders suggests the conditions diminish people's ability to work and earn as adults, costing $2.1 trillion over the lifetimes of all affected American ...

Article - News Staff - May 13 2010 - 5:19pm

Newborns Learn While Sleeping

Newborns learn during sleep, say the authors of a new study in the Proceedings in The National Academy of Sciences. The findings reveal valuable information about how newborns are able to learn so quickly from their environment, researchers say. The study ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2010 - 4:10pm

Why Do We Crave Food?

Why do we get intense desires to eat certain foods? A pair of psychologists from Flinders University, Australia, say they may know. The team authored a review of the literature on food cravings and found that mental imagery may be a key component of food c ...

Article - News Staff - May 17 2010 - 4:36pm

Science In General

Both scientists and non scientists have a tendency to regard science and culture as different and parallel, if not competing things, between which one can or must choose. Science is not conceived of as an alternative, either neutral or competitive to cult ...

Blog Post - Anonymous - May 18 2010 - 11:09am

Thinking Abstractly Helps Us Achieve Our Goals

People who focus too much on how they will achieve a goal are more likely to fail than individuals who think abstractly about why they want to do something. Researchers from The University of Delaware and the University of Florida found this to be case amo ...

Article - News Staff - May 18 2010 - 1:57pm

Explaining The Link Between Creativity And Mental Health

By studying receptors in the brain, researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institute have managed to show that the dopamine system in healthy, highly creative people is similar in some respects to that seen in people with schizophrenia. H ...

Article - News Staff - May 18 2010 - 5:42pm

No Real Difference In Divorce Rate For Families With Children On The Autism Spectrum