Psychology

Atheists are more dedicated to Atheism than the average Christians.

Not so long ago I started adding atheists to my Facebook account. I added about 100 of them and at least 20 of them are aggressive atheists. Aggressive atheist are easy to recognize, they often have the red ''A'' of atheism on their pro ...

Blog Post - Jean-Sebastien B.... - Mar 13 2011 - 1:56am

The Satisfaction of Identification: Empathizing and Systemizing Quotients and Mystery Plants

We are driven (some of us more than others) to identify, classify, and organize. ...

Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Aug 5 2010 - 3:49pm

Why Are Some Things Funny In Some Situations? They Are Benign

Why are some things funny? Philosophers have asked that for millenia but two marketing people think they've come up with the formula: humor comes from a violation or threat to the way the world ought to be that is, at the same time, benign.  Most theo ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 9 2010 - 7:27pm

Psychology Of Terrorism: 'Fused' People Want To Die For Their Group

The majority of "fused" people, those who view themselves as completely immersed in a group, are willing to commit extreme acts for the good of their compatriots, says research soon to appear in  Psychological Science. In the study, the researche ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 12 2010 - 12:12pm

The Science Of Pleasure: Part II- Your Brain On Sexual Imagery

Sexual images trigger chemical reactions in your brain, which in turn compel us to act in specific ways, or be drawn to certain things, or motivated to engage in particular behaviors. It's common nowadays to have consultants whose job it is to find ou ...

Article - Andrea Kuszewski - Aug 31 2010 - 2:20pm

Propaganda- An Application Of Cognitive Science

Propaganda- An Application Of The Forgetting Curve Learning curves,  forgetting curves, adjacency and the scientific roots of the black art of propaganda. ...

Article - Patrick Lockerby - Aug 14 2010 - 9:40pm

How Relevant Is Neuroscience To Positive Psychology?

Not long ago, many scientists had the belief that after the age of about three, the brain was pretty much fixed in function. You could imprint new memories and learn new skills, but that was about it.  There was an opposing belief too, that said the brain ...

Article - Warren Davies - Aug 15 2010 - 3:43pm

Social Networks Not So Different In Boys And Girls

Belief: Girls tend to hang out in smaller, more intimate groups than boys. Not really.   At least not by the time children reach the eighth grade, says a new Journal of Social and Personal Relationships article. Jennifer Watling Neal, assistant professor o ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2010 - 11:47am

Happiness And Wealth

Does money make you happy?  Economists think so- the concept of 'utility' assumes that economic activity represents people consuming in ways that best supports their happiness.  And yet, high sales of Backstreet Boys CDs prove that this cannot b ...

Article - Warren Davies - Aug 18 2010 - 1:25am

Pedantic Semantic: Or, I Do Not Think This Word Means What You Think It Does

Semantic: "of, pertaining to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion." Pedantic: "overly concerned with minute details or formalisms, esp. in teaching." ...

Article - Kim Wombles - Aug 18 2010 - 11:02am